Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
A)The CEO said, "The goal is to expand our market share while providing quality service to existing customers."
B)The CEO said, "The goal is to expand our market share while providing quality service to existing customers".
C)The CEO said, 'The goal is to expand our market share while providing quality service to existing customers.'

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The correct way to punctuate a direct quote is to use a comma before the opening quotation mark, and to use a period before the closing quotation mark only if the sentence is a complete declarative statement. In this sentence, there is a complete declarative statement, so a period is used. Additionally, double quotation marks are used instead of single quotation marks.

Which Sentence Is Punctuated Correctly