Can you please punctuate this:

Question

excuse me the stranger said could you tell me where the nearest police station is selly gave the woman directions and then said you better go by taxi theres taxi over there many thanks the woman said she turned and walked across the road to get a taxi

Answer 1

Fatima,

Below is an example of how to punctuate the above paragraph. It is important to note that there is no context surrounding the paragraph, so there could be a few ways of structuring the sentence grammatically. Also, the phrase "you'd better go by taxi" is a bit odd, but it could be a resemblance of slang, pronunciation, or regional dialect. If it is to be formalized, it could read the following ways depending on circumstance: "You'd better go wait by the taxi," "You'd better go buy the taxi," or "you'd better go get a taxi." I hope this helps.

"Excuse me," the stranger said, "Could you tell me where the nearest police station is?" Selly gave the woman directions and then said "you'd better go by taxi. There's a taxi over there." "Many thanks" the woman said, and she turned and walked across the road to get a taxi.

Answer 2

Hello Fatima,

Consider the following changes. An exclamation point may be used in the place of a period sometimes, such as in the sentence "You better go by taxi", depending on the tone you want to set! I find that "Thanks" is usually followed with an exclamation point due to the chipper way people say it out loud. If someone is saying it sarcastically however, I would remove the punctuation within the quotes. Example: "Gee, thanks."

Punctuation at the end of a quoted section of writing usually goes inside the quotes, as shown below. Hope this helps! The parts I have changed are in bold.

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"Excuse me," the stranger said. "Could you tell me where the nearest police station is?"

Selly gave the woman directions and then said, "You better go by taxi. There's a taxi over there."

"Many thanks!" the woman said. She turned and walked across the road to get a taxi.

Answer 3

Hello, Fatima,

Here's my guess at what this passage is trying to say:

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"Excuse me," the stranger said, "Could you tell me where the nearest police station is?" Selly gave the woman directions and then said "You'd better go by taxi. There's a taxi over there." "Many thanks," the woman said, and she turned and walked across the road to get a taxi

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Bob