Identify the correctly punctuated sentence.
a. "the reporter noted that her [sonia sotomayor's] nomination to the supreme court was a first for latina women."
b. "the reporter noted that sotomayor' to the supreme court was a first for latina women."
c. "the reporter noted that her—(sonia sotomayor's)—nomination to the supreme court was a first for latina women."
d. "the reporter noted that, her, sonia sotomayor's, nomination to the supreme court was a first for latina women."

From the above sentences,the correctly punctuated sentence is :
 
A."The reporter noted that her [Sonia Sotomayor's] nomination to the Supreme Court was a first for Latina women."

The sentence refers to an example of indirect speech.In indirect speech, we convey the message of the speaker in our own words to another person.
We follow certain rules in this case :
First we remove commas and inverted commas and replace them with "that" between the reporting and reported speeches.
Then,changing the 1st letter of reported speech into small letter except for "I". Lastly change the words expressing nearness to the words expressing distance.

English 10 B semester Exam 
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