Question

insert a punctuation mark (if needed) to introduce the quotation in bold.: ,david mccullough, author of the wright brothers, explains that orville and wilbur wright were acutely aware of the risks involved in their experimental flights \they refused to go up together, so that if one was killed, the other could still carry on their mission.\

Explanation:

A colon is used to introduce a direct quotation that follows an independent clause. The sentence "David McCullough, author of The Wright Brothers, explains that Orville and Wilbur Wright were acutely aware of the risks involved in their experimental flights" is a complete independent clause that sets up the quoted text, so a colon should be placed right before the opening quotation mark of the bolded quotation.

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