A few days ago
Anonymous

English Homework help!?

I’ve already done my assigment..I’d just like to know if you see any errors.

The assignment is to take the sentences and put correct grammar and quotation marks. I put my answer under the original sentence. Please tell me if you see anything I’ve done wrong.

1. those boys started it Sadie protested

“Those boys started it,” Sadie protested.

(I’m really confused about #2 so input would be nice!)

2. what do you expect from a Grainger County boy edith said fighting like dogs in the street.

“What do you expect from a Grainger County boy,” Edith said, “Fighting like dogs in the street.”

3. mr Wilson thundered get in the wagon now

Mr. Wilson thundered, “Get in the wagon now.”

4. but father Laura began school’s not over yet.

“But father,” Laura bagan, “School’s not over yet.”

5. i knew it Sadie’s mother cried I knew that boy was going to be trouble

“I knew it,” Sadie’s mother cried, “I knew that boy was going to be trouble.”

Thanks so much!

Top 9 Answers
A few days ago
teacher93514

Favorite Answer

#2 OK except that “Fighting” should not be capitalized.

#3 Use an exclamation point instead of a period.

#4 Same as #2–don’t capitalize the segment of the sentence after Laura began. It’s not a new sentence, it’s the other part of the sentence beginning “But father”.

#5 “I knew it!” Sadie’s mother cried. “I knew that boy was going to be trouble.” This differs from the other sentences in that “I knew it!” and “I knew that boy…..” are two different sentences. Both need their own punctuation instead of a comma.

I don’t know what textbook your school uses, but if you can buy or borrow a book from the library called “Eats, Shoots & Leaves” you’ll find that it explains punctuation much better than any textbook. Trust me.

http://www.amazon.com/Eats-Shoots-Leaves-Tolerance-Punctuation/dp/1592402038/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-5192071-1190823?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190313131&sr=1-1

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A few days ago
Anonymous
1. those boys started it Sadie protested

“Those boys started it!” Sadie protested.

2. what do you expect from a Grainger County boy edith said fighting like dogs in the street.

“What do you expect from a Grainger County boy?” Edith said, “Fighting like dogs in the street.”

3. mr Wilson thundered get in the wagon now

Mr. Wilson thundered, “Get in the wagon now!”

4. but father Laura began school’s not over yet.

“But father,” Laura began, “school’s not over yet.”

5. i knew it Sadie’s mother cried I knew that boy was going to be trouble

“I knew it,” Sadie’s mother cried, “I knew that boy was going to be trouble.”

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A few days ago
spelldine43
1 looks good,

2: “What do you expect from a Grainger County boy, “Edith said, “fighting like dogs in the street.”

3 looks good,

4: “But father,”Laura began, “school’s not over yet.”

5 looks good, unless you want to think about an exclamation point instead of a period at the end. Hope this helps, good luck!

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A few days ago
Jamie
2. what do you expect from a Grainger County boy edith said fighting like dogs in the street.

“What do you expect from a Grainger County boy,” Edith said, “Fighting like dogs in the street.”

I would put

“What do you expect from a Grainger County boy…” Edith said, “…Fighting like dogs in the street.”

or

“What do you expect from a Grainger County boy;” Edith said, “Fighting like dogs in the street.”

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A few days ago
Ed S
I would go along with Loren. You are a smart girl. I, also, don’t think you need to capitalize the second part of the sentence because it is completing the sentence.
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4 years ago
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A few days ago
Lorin Margo
you are all set, all seems to be right to me, except stop capitalizing the first word in a quote in the middle of a sentence. it’s not the begining of a new sentence
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A few days ago
shuaib
all are correct

but you should write comma after inverted commas

this is correct

“Those boys started it”, Sadie protested

not this one

“Those boys started it,” Sadie protested

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A few days ago
lushpoppy
They all look correct to me, I agree with Jamie
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