Which of the following reflects the proper punctuation of the above sentence? hernandez states, “children who eat at least one meal a day with the family unit are shown to have more stable relationships in adolescence and adulthood.” hernandez states: “children who eat at least one meal a day with the family unit are shown to have more stable relationships in adolescence and adulthood? ” “hernandez states,” children who eat at least one meal a day with the family unit are shown to have more stable relationships in adolescence and adulthood.” “hernandez states . . children who eat at least one meal a day with the family unit are shown to have more stable relationships in adolescence and adulthood. .” .

The answer is A:

In the sentence A,  there is an introdutory phrase followed by a comma, and what he stated is between quotation marks.

In B, the colon and the question mark are not proper punctuation. (Also he doesn't ask, he states)

In C, the quotation marks are misplaced.

In D, the quotation marks, three dots and period are misued.

Hernandez states, “Children who eat at least one meal a day with the family unit are shown to have more stable relationships in adolescence and adulthood.”

Further Explanation:

Punctuation is the proper use of spacing with conventional signs and certain typographical devices and they help in understanding and reading of the text in written form when read silently or in loud voice. One more definition of punctuation is that punctuation is used to implement the practice action or acts as inserting points in order to aid the interpretation of text into sentences and clauses. Most of the texts for punctuation are written in Scriptura Continua and this is without any kind of separation between words but the Greeks were the first who used these punctuation marks and it contained vertically arranged dots.

In the given question, the correct form of using punctuation can be seen in option number B where there are correct spacing and correct use of conventional signs.  

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Answer Details:

Grade: High School

Chapter: Punctuation

Subject: English

Keywords: Punctuation, Rule, Comma, Conventional, Signs, Spacing, Syllabic, logo-graphic, morpheme, Clustered.  

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