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Here's your shmoop du jour brought to you

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by the myth of the Loch Ness monster convincing tourists to stare into an

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empty lake since 193. Which of the following quotes is correctly punctuated [Monster laughing at people looking into a lake]

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well jeez Kenneth if you're that worried about getting eaten by the Loch Ness

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monster maybe just the steer clear of the big pond... [Man runs away from the monster]

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Alright well for starters if a piece of dialogue starts with a dialogue tag

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there's a specific kind of punctuation that you absolutely need maybe even more [Finger pointing to a quote]

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than you need that anti-nesse spray, what's option C got to offer well there's

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definitely some kind of punctuation mark we need before the quote here there's nada [Arrow pointing to the punctuation mark]

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just jumps right in obviously it hasn't been reading the signs what about A, well [Man jumps into the lake]

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this one does have a punctuation mark but not the right one by using a period [Answer C is crossed out]

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Kenneth said becomes its very own sentence but that's not even a full

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sentence sure a child might yell Billy said during an argument but children are [Girl shouting a pointing at Billy]

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very rarely accomplished grammarians so A is out what about B well to use a [Answer A is crossed out]

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semicolon the clauses on either side should be able to stand alone as

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complete sentences however as we saw with A, Kenneth said doesn't meet that

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standard despite the descent of the esteemed grammarian Jimmy aged five with [Kid holding a book]

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with a frog in his pocket, B is out what about D, if there's a dialogue tag

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anywhere in a piece of dialogue you've got to set it apart with a comma so

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there has to be a comma separating the dialogue tag Kenneth said from the quote

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So yep D is our answer that's certainly easier than calming

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Kenneth's Loch Ness monster fears To clear his mind we recommend he take a nice [Kenneth hiding behind a car]

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relaxing trip to Transylvania...

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