English Punctuation, Capitalization & Reading Comprehension NUMS 2025
PMDC Verified Question 3 of 99
Choose the sentence with correct punctuation:
A
“Go then,” Said the ant, “And dance winter away.”
B
“Go then” Said the Ant, and “dance winter away.”
C
“Go then,” said the ant, “and dance winter away.”
D
“Go then”. Said the Ant, “and dance Winter away.”
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Propolis Cognitive Error Autopsy

Official Correct Choice:
Option C: “Go then,” said the ant, “and dance winter away.”
Concept: Interrupted Direct Quotations.

Solution: Speech tags inside split quotes are lowercased (said the ant), enclosed in commas inside quotation marks, and the second quote continues in lowercase unless it starts a new sentence.

Why other options are incorrect:
  • Option A: Unnecessarily capitalizes 'Said' and 'And'.

  • Option B: Missing commas enclosing the speech tag.

  • Option D: Places period outside quotes and capitalizes non-proper nouns.

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