" Note that you need a quotation mark at the end of actual speech as well as at the beginning. Those marks tell the reader that the enclosed words are direct speech. For a question, we usually say She asked , not She said.
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She said to me,"How many sisters have you?"
Note that you need a quotation mark at the end of actual speech as well as at the beginning. Those marks tell the reader that the enclosed words are direct speech.
For a question, we usually say She asked, not She said.
"How many sisters have you?" This is correct.
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more commonly ask
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