Question

Read the sentence.

Geoffrey mumbled, softly “She could have fixed it. I know she could have.”

Proofread the sentence to correct the punctuation of the quotation.

A) Delete the comma.
B) Change the comma to a period.
C) Add a comma after softly.
D) Move the comma and place it after softly.

Answer 1

I believe that the answer is; D. Move the comma and place it after softly.

The sentence would look like this:
Geoffrey mumbled softly, "She could have fixed it. I know she could have."