Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated? [John announced, "The library is closing in five minutes."]right answer ... John announced "The library is closing in five minutes" John announced The library is closing in five minutes." John announced "The library is closing in five minutes."

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Manuel Zuniga

17 April, 14:28

Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated? [John announced, "The library is closing in five minutes."]right answer ... John announced "The library is closing in five minutes" John announced The library is closing in five minutes." John announced "The library is closing in five minutes."

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Jaelyn Silva · Answer 1

First. John announced, "The library is closing in five minutes."

Teresa Cooley · Answer 2

The correct answer is John announced, "The library is closing in five minutes."

Explanation:

In this sentence, all the punctuation marks are properly used. First of all, the name starts with a capital letter; to introduce the quotation, it is necessary to include the quotation marks at the beginning and at the end; the comma is correctly located as well as the final dot inside the quotation marks.