Question

hoose the sentence that is correctly punctuated. A. The history professor​ asked, open double quote “What famous event happened on April​ 4, 1968 in Memphis Tennessee​? close double quote ” B. The history professor asked open double quote “What famous event happened on April​ 4, 1968 in Memphis​, Tennessee​? close double quote ” C. The history professor​ asked, open double quote “What famous event​ happened, on April​ 4, 1968 in Memphis​, Tennessee​? close double quote ” D. The history professor​ asked, open double quote “What famous event happened on April​ 4, 1968, in Memphis​, Tennessee​? close double quote ”

Answer 1

D. The history professor​ asked, open double quote “What famous event happened on April​ 4, 1968, in Memphis​, Tennessee​? close double quote ”

Answer 2

Hi!

The answer to your question would be option D. The history professor​ asked, open double quote “What famous event happened on April​ 4, 1968, in Memphis​, Tennessee​? close double quote. ”

Step-by-step explanation:

The reason why this is the correct answer is because of the following:

1- There needs to be a coma after the word asked to denote a pause between what the professor asked and the opened double quote. This eliminates option B.

2- There needs to be a coma between Memphis and Tennessee to denote that Memphis belongs as a city to Tennessee, the state. This rules out option A.

3- There doesn't need to be a pause between the words happened and on April 4 because a pause is not needed and a pause would only cut the sentences making them not able to stand on their own. This rules out option C and we are left with option D as the answer.