Question

Select the correctly punctuated sentence from the options given below:
mother said to me don't be late for dinner

• A. mother said to Me "Don't be late for dinner."
• B. mother said to me, "Don't be late for dinner".
• C. Mother said to Me "Don't be late for dinner".
• D. Mother said to me, "Don't be late for dinner."

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

While punctuating a sentence it is important to capitalize the first letter of the sentence. Whereas the first letter of the words in the middle of a sentence should be lowercase unless it is a proper noun. Thus the first letter in ‘Mother’ has to be uppercase and ‘me’ which appears in the middle should be in lowercase. Hence options A and C are incorrect. Further, while writing a statement in the direct speech there needs to be a comma before the open quotations, as it represents a shift in the idea. Similarly, the full stop should be before the close quotations since it represents the end of the sentence. Hence option B is correct. Option D is incorrect because ‘me’ isn’t in lowercase, there is no comma before the open quotation and the full is placed after the close quotation.