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Which sentence shows correct punctuation of dialogue ? A) " You are being ridiculous", she said. B) "You are being ridiculous," she said. C) she said, you are being ridiculous. D) she said " You are being ridiculous." * I know it's not c * I think it's D

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It  cant be "c" or "D" because after "She said" there should be a comma. so it would be, She said,with a comma so it could be A or B. I think its B 
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The sentence that sows correct punctuation of dialogue is B: "You are being ridiculous," she said.

The correct punctuation for dialogues requires that the comma (,) be placed before the last quotation mark ("). In this case, the comma must be placed before the dialogue tag "she said".

  • Option A is wrong since the comma is outside the quotation marks.
  • Option C is wrong because the dialogue is not inside quotation marks,
  • Option D is wrong since there is no comma to introduce the dialogue section after the dialogue tag "she said".
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