Question

Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.

"Whoa there, buddy," Leticia cautioned. "Let's not jump to any conclusions."
"Whoa there, buddy," Leticia cautioned, "Let's not jump to any conclusions."
"Whoa there, buddy." Leticia cautioned. "Let's not jump to any conclusions."
"Whoa there, buddy, Leticia cautioned, let's not jump to any conclusions."
"Whoa there, buddy." Leticia cautioned, "let's not jump to any conclusions."

Answer 1

"Whoa there, buddy," Leticia cautioned, "Let's not jump to any conclusions."
Which would also be #2.

Answer 2

A) "Whoa there, buddy," Leticia cautioned(.) "Let's not jump to any conclusions."

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