John Lennon said that he’d received much praise for “Yesterday,” but then he quickly added,

“That is Paul’s song, of course, and Paul’s baby.” [comma] ^

 

P-4e Quotation Marks with Other Punctuation

Edit each of the following sentences to put the punctuation mark given in brackets where it

belongs. Answers to even-numbered items can be found at the back of the book.

EXAMPLE

1. Looking up at the balcony, John Lennon said, “For those in the cheap seats, I’d like ya to

clap your hands to this one” then he went on to say, “The rest of you can just rattle your

jewelry.” [semicolon]

2. “We all looked up to John,” Paul once said. “He was the quickest wit and the smartest”

[period]

3. Lennon and Yoko Ono once held up a sign that said, “Don’t hate what you don’t understand”

[exclamation point]

4. In 1970, Lenon was asked, “What do you think rock and roll will become?” He replied,

“Whatever we make it” [period]

5. Asked why the Beatles’ music was so infectious, Lennon said, “We didn’t sound like

everybody else” [period]

6. When did Lennon say, “If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then

there’d be peace” [question mark]

7. “I don’t believe in killing,” Lennon once said, “whatever the reason” [period]

8. When asked how he would describe “Beatle music,” Lennon responded with a question:

“Which Beatle music do you mean” [question mark]

9. Consider the stylistic range in just three examples of “Beatle music” “I Want to Hold Your

Hand,” “Hey Jude,” and “We Can Work It Out.” [colon]

10. About “Give Peace a Chance,” Lennon said, “In my secret heart, I wanted to write

something that would take over ‘We Shall Overcome’” [period]

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