Question

Which sentence shows the correct way to punctuate an indirect quotation?

“Many students said that they would love to have a salad bar in the school cafeteria.”
Many students said, “They would love to have a salad bar in the school cafeteria.”
Many students said that they would love to have a salad bar in the school cafeteria.
Many students said “that they would love to have a salad bar in the school cafeteria.”

Answer 1

The correct answer would be to put the "s around what is stated anytime anyone is talking. So your answer would be "Many students said that they would love to have a salad bar in the school cafeteria."
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Answer 2

Many students said that they would love to have a salad bar in the school cafeteria.

Step-by-step explanation:

Indirect quotations, also called indirect speech or reported speech, does not make use of quotation marks at all. Instead, the speaker reports what has been said through a relative clause, usually beginning with the relative pronoun "that" (which can be omitted in most cases).