Question

Read the sentence. My history teacher said, “it was the turning point in the war.” Which change would correct this sentence?

a. Capitalize it.
b. Capitalize war.
c. Capitalize teacher.
d. Capitalize history.

Answer 1

A. Capitalize It. That's a quote, so it has to be capitalize unless it's within the sentence and isn't the whole quote.

Answer 2

The change that would correct this sentence is to capitalize it. Option A is correct.

It should be capitalized since it is at the beggining of a quote. And every quotation should begin with a capital letter if the quotation marks the beginning of a sentence. When quotations form complete sentences, they must be capitalized regardless the place where they appear in the main sentence. Capitalization in mid-sentence is common when using quotations.