Question

What is the best way to punctuate the bolded portion of the quotation? “The car keeps overheating” she explained to the mechanic. keeps overheating keeps overheating’ keeps overheating,” keeps overheating,

Answer 1

It should use ("") to punctuate it, so it's "the car keeps overheating

Answer 2

"The car keeps overheating", she explained to the mechanic, "keeps overheating".

not sure what part was bolded and the sentence didn't make to much sense but this should be right