Hi can someone please approve my answer to the following punctuation exercise.  My punctuation marks answers are highlighted in red font. 

Re-write the following, putting in capital letters, punctuation marks, apostrophes and quotation marks:

what a strange trunk exclaimed john whose is it its captain hardys replied his uncle dick I ll tell you about it if youve time to listen im very sorry I cant stay just now for I must be back at school by two o clock may I call again later in the afternoon

“What a strange trunk!" exclaimed John.  “Whose is it?”

 It’s Captain Hardy’s,” replied his Uncle Dick. “I’ll tell you about it if you’ve time to listen.”

“I’m very sorry, I cant stay just now for I must be back at school by two o’clock.  May I call again later in the afternoon?”

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Clive

Hi Anil

Yoong Liat has:

“I’m very sorry. I can’t stay just now, for I must be back at school by two o’clock.  May I call again later in the afternoon?”

(To me, "I'm very sorry" is by itself a complete sentence, so a full stop is required after 'sorry'.  Do you notice there is a comma after 'now' followed by the next word 'for'? This is because when 'for' is used with its meaning 'because', a comma needs to be inserted before' for'. ( For example, The baby is crying, for she is hungry.)

Thanks, Barbara, you're right. There should be open quotation marks before It's.  I've inserted them. 

“What a strange trunk!" exclaimed John.  “Whose is it?”

 "It’s Captain Hardy’s,” replied his Uncle Dick. “I’ll tell you about it if you’ve time to listen.”

“I’m very sorry. I can't stay just now, for I must be back at school by two o’clock.  May I call again later in the afternoon?”