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Which sentence below shows the correct way to punctuate the underlined quotation?

Whitman says My Captain does not answer in O Captain! My Captain!

A. Whitman says, "My Captain does not answer," in "O Captain! My Captain!"
B. Whitman says "My Captain does not answer" in "O Captain! My Captain!".
C. Whitman says ",My Captain does not answer," in "O Captain! My Captain!."

User Parik
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I believe the correct answer is A.

*Pay attention to the placing of the commas


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User NonowPoney
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It is A because you do not need a period after the quotations and you have to have a comma after 'says'.
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