Police Report Writing Test: Quotation Marks

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Part II Instructions: 2ark each statement 9rue or 3alse. 4heck your answers at this link when you:re 'inished. ;;;;;; ". You should always use quotation marks when you record what someone told you. ;;;;;; +. In 0merican %unctuation( sometimes the %eriod #oes outside the quotation marks. ;;;;;; ,. <e'ore you write down what someone said at a crime scene( you should clean u% any o''ensive lan#ua#e that the %erson used. Part III Instructions: /ewrite this e=cer%t 'rom an interview to eliminate re%etition. I asked &ilson i' she worked at the bakery. >he said yes. I asked her lon# she had worked there. >he said about seven months. I asked her i' she ever used the cash re#ister. >he said she did.