Which punctuation change will correct this sentence? after listening to the concert, liane had one response: magnificent. (a)no changes are needed. (b)magnificent should be written, "magnificent! " (c)magnificent should be written, "magnificent"! (d)change the colon to a semicolon.

The answer is: (B) Magnificent should be written, "Magnificent!"

When citing what someone else has said, quotation marks are used. In this case, the expression takes an exclamation mark, which should be placed within the quotation marks.

The rest of the options are incorrect because it is proper to introduce quotation marks when citing, in choice C the exclamation mark is outside the quotation marks, and the use of semicolon is unnecessary to introduce a quotation.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

the answer should be the first one. "many people find his lyrics very moving."

it by far makes the most grammatical sense and is very objective, removing any first person from the original sentence and keeping with the sentence fluency.