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

Proofread the sentence to correct the punctuation of the quotation.


Move the comma and place it after softly.


Change the comma to a period.


Add a comma after softly.


Delete the comma.

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move the comma to after softly 
User Pransh Tiwari
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Answer:Move the comma and place it after softly.

Explanation:if softly was not in the statement then we know Geoffrey mumbled. A comma is needed to know what Geoffrey mumbled about. The softly present in the statement describes how he mumbled. Thus, a comma should be placed after softly

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