Question

Choose the option that best corrects the underlined words.

One of my mother's favorite Shakespearean quotations is To thine own self be true.

• A. "To thine own self be true."
• B. To thine own self be true!
• C. , to thine own self be true
• D. NO CHANGE

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

"To thine own self be true."

According to general rule, when we cite someone else's words in a sentence it should be set off using quotation marks. In the given sentence, the exact words of Shakespeare have been used, so it should be put inside a pair of quotation marks.

Thus, the correct form of writing the sentence will be, as given in Option A.