Question

You lift a pirate's eyepatch. "Your eye is swollen," you tell him. He nods. "Aye, 'tis."

A. This statement is grammatically correct.
B. You lift a pirate's eyepatch; "Your eye is swollen," you tell him. He nods. "Aye, 'tis."
C. You lift a pirate's eyepatch. "Your eye is swollen," you tell him; he nods. "Aye, 'tis."
D. You lift a pirate's eyepatch. "Your eye is swollen," you tell him. He nods, "Aye, 'tis."

Answer 1

Option A is grammatically correct, as it properly punctuates and separates actions from dialogue in accordance with standard English conventions.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student has asked about the grammatical correctness of several statements involving direct speech and punctuation. Among the given options, the correct grammar and punctuation according to standard English conventions is found in Option A: "You lift a pirate's eyepatch. 'Your eye is swollen,' you tell him. He nods. 'Aye, 'tis.'" This sentence structure properly separates the actions from the dialogue using periods. The dialogue is correctly quoted, and action tags are used after the dialogue without improperly running them into the quotations.