""Pupa saltat!" Marcus exclamat."

Translation: "The doll dances!" Marcus exclaims.

[Elin.7-1]

Marcus exclaims or exclaims Marcus: both should be allowed.

Reported :o)

[ehartz]

We've actually already updated this sentence to accept both options, but the update is slow to come through on the user side. (T___T)

[Arnubius]

Oh that's nothing Marce! Wait till the "pupa fulmen contorquet" phase. It's pure horror I tell you.

[GeorgiosDC]

I think one of my answers was not accepted for having omitted the quotation marks: The doll dances! Marcus exclaims.
Anyone else had this happen to them?

[RobertEddy]

Yes, all of a sudden after four years Duolingo suddenly in this exercise I find the need to punctuate -- a bother on Android -- to get a right answer.

[eterryd]

yeah, Duolingo has NEVER cared about punctuation before, and I've used it for years.

[Kyihsin]

Me too! I wrote pupa saltat Marcus exclamat without punctuation and it got marked wrong. Ridiculous!

[sousquark]

It also seems to depend upon which keyboard layout you are using. My hardware keyboard is English with a £ and a $ sign but I often have the software set to Spanish. Quotes in Spanish and in English look the same but use different keys and Duo doesn't accept it when the quotes are generated with a Spanish keyboard layout. DL would be best to ignore the quotes.

[PERCE_NEIGE]

I didn't had this problem (pc).

[DermotMcInerney]

Yes.

[MEELOOSH]

More horror movie content.

[DeadAccount.]

I wasn't going to sleep tonight anyway.

[KevanSF]

"The doll dances!" exclaims Marcus. <= This version is still not being accepted.

[Joemaza]

Isn't "exclamo" also I shout. I exclaim is correct, but it's too bookish a register.

[Judit190865]

Marcus quoque ebrius est

[JesseEllisDavis]

The drunk parrots talk to the doll. They tell it to distract Marcus so they can get away. While the doll is dancing for Marcus, the drunk parrots escape.

[Gill714966]

Dum psittaci ebrii evadent, mustulae sordidae piscos in pavementum iaciunt.

[7ga4Ktv4]

i reported this because my answer should be accepted it's exactly the same but without quotation marks.

[PERCE_NEIGE]

It's more a bug, in this case. You should post a screenshot in the troubleshooting forum.

[MardukSky]

It reminded me of that English phrase: Saltāte pupuli!

[Yves23A]

Why is "Marcus exclaims : the doll dances" not accepted ?

[Insane_Reader]

Because it is grammatically incorrect and confusing... The word order is fine if your punctuation is as follows: Marcus exclaims, "The doll dances!" It's still not ideal, but it's technically correct.

[alaladinjersey]

Did the Romans really use English punctuation marks for speech and exclamation?

[Elin.7-1]

No. It is used here to help us, since we are used to having it help us when we read.

[xMcAyRuo]

I- sigh