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Which sentence uses speech marks ( “ and ” ) correctly?
a. “Quietly he asked,” Where did you leave it?”
b. Quietly he asked, “Where did you leave it?”
c. “Quietly he asked, where did you leave it?”
d. Quietly he asked”, where did you leave it?”


Sagot :

The answer to your question would be B.) , because the speech marks need to be in the question, not the statement.
B because you only put the quotes when the person is TALKING and you put the comma before the quotes!