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Which sentence is correct?

Select one:

a. Roger's teacher told him straight out "Don't come back to class until all of your work is done."

b. Roger's teacher told him straight out: "Don't come back to class until all of your work is done."

c. Roger's teacher told him: straight out, "Don't come back to class until all of your work is done."

d. Roger's teacher told him straight out "Don't come back to class: until all of your work is done."

(I think it's b.)

User Evalarezo
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I think it is a or maybe b because when you write a sentence with quotation marks, it is supposed to have a comma, then the quotation marks. Like this, Roger's teacher told him straight out, "Don't come back to class until all of your work is done." Other than that, I don't have a specific answer, sorry.
User Mayda
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B is definitely the best answer. It's a weird way to use a colon, but all the other choices are just totally wrong. A would need punctuation before the quotation. C has a colon just hanging out in the middle doing nothing. Same with D.

I'd bet five bucks on B.
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