which sentence is punctuated correctly? (1) the woman in the store said \,this shirt would look absolutely…

which sentence is punctuated correctly? (1) the woman in the store said \,this shirt would look absolutely fabulous on you.\ (2) the woman in the store said, \this shirt would look absolutely fabulous on you\. (3) the woman in the store said, \this shirt would look absolutely fabulous on you.\ (4) the woman in the store \said, this shirt would look absolutely fabulous on you.\

which sentence is punctuated correctly? (1) the woman in the store said \,this shirt would look absolutely fabulous on you.\ (2) the woman in the store said, \this shirt would look absolutely fabulous on you\. (3) the woman in the store said, \this shirt would look absolutely fabulous on you.\ (4) the woman in the store \said, this shirt would look absolutely fabulous on you.\

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Brief Explanations:

In English, when reporting speech, a comma should be placed before the opening quotation mark of the direct - speech part, and the punctuation mark at the end of the direct - speech should be inside the closing quotation mark. Sentence (3) follows these punctuation rules correctly. In (1), there is no comma before the quotation. In (2), the period is outside the closing quotation mark. In (4), the word "said" is inside the quotation marks in an incorrect way.

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  1. The woman in the store said, "This shirt would look absolutely fabulous on you."