Quotation Mark and Italics and Punctuation Exercise
Read the following sentences carefully. Where are the errors of punctuation, quotation, and italicization? Circle them and be prepared to explain why.
- “Mary is trying hard in school this semester”, her father said.
- “No,” the taxi driver said curtly, “I cannot get you to the airport in fifteen minutes”.
- “I believe,” Jack remarked, “that the best time of year to visit Europe is in the spring. At least that’s what I read in a book entitled Guide to Europe.
- My French professor told me that my accent is abominable.
- She asked, “Is Time a magazine you read regularly”?
- Flannery O’Connor probably got the title of one of her stories from the words of the old popular song, A Good Man Is Hard to Find.
- When did Roosevelt say, “We have nothing to fear but fear itself?”
- Yesterday, John said, “This afternoon I’ll bring back your book Conflict in the Middle East”; however, he did not return it.
- Can you believe, Dot asked me that it has been almost five years since we’ve seen each other?
- A Perfect Day for Bananafish is, I believe, J. D. Salinger’s best short story.
- Certainly, Mr. Martin said “I shall explain the whole situation to him. I know that he will understand.”
