Choose the correctly punctuated sentence:
Correct answer: A. What a fall was there, my country men! Long live the king!
- A. What a fall was there, my country men! Long live the king!
- B. What a fall was there! My countrymen. Long live the king!
- C. What a fall was there, my countrymen. Long live the king.
- D. What a fall was there, my countrymen, long live the King.
Explanation
There are no conjunctions in the entire statement. Hence, any independent clauses must be separated into different sentences. "Long live the King!" stands as an independent sentence,while "What a fall was there,my countrymen!" can stand as an independent sentence. Moreover since both statements are exclamatory, an exclamation mark should be used to determine their ends. Therefore, Option A is correct.
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