Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?
A)"We will meet the deadline," the supervisor said, "even though we have to work overtime."
B)"We will meet the deadline" the supervisor said "even though we have to work overtime."
C)"We will meet the deadline", the supervisor said, "even though we have to work overtime".
D)"We will meet the deadline" the supervisor said, "even though we have to work overtime".

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The first and last parts of the sentence are direct quotes, so they are enclosed in quotation marks. The comma is used to separate the spoken words from the attribution. There is also a period at the end of the spoken words because it is a complete sentence.

Which of the Following Sentences Is Correctly Punctuated