Which correctly describes an element of parenthetical citations?

a) the punctuation belongs inside of the parenthetical citation.
b) the punctuation belongs outside of the parenthetical citation.
c) if a short quote is used, the end quotation marks belong after the parenthetical citation.
d) the parenthetical citation belongs at the beginning of the sentence that is being paraphrased.

your answer is c) experiments with water vapor showed that elements combine in specific proportions.

the answer is subjective. i personally agree with the first answer for this question.

if one isn't strictly talking about objects then the correct answer would be 'my eyes' since according to this riddle i am asleep and in order to answer/open the door i need to open my eyes first of all.

however, if one is specifically looking for an object, then the first thing i would open would be the door

hope this !