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A. Which one is correct?
“I’m a rabbit,” Coco answered.
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"I'm a rabbit." Coco answered.
B. Which one is correct?
"It is over," He turned and walked away.
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"It is over." He turned and walked away.
Oct 2, 2025 1:54 PM
Answers · 4
This is a weird aspect of punctuation. Some people believe you can put anything you like inside quotes and it doesn't end the sentence - others believe you can't. There's no "right or wrong" here, according to me, but an examiner may impose his own preferences as rules.
Personally I would choose the comma for the first, but I would put it outside of the quotes (inside and outside are both popular styles in the UK). I would need to say more context to decide on the second one, but I'm leaning towards the full stop there - again, outside the quotes, but this is a style thing not a law, according to me.
Oct 3, 2025 11:22 AM
The second sentence is correct.
Oct 2, 2025 2:03 PM
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