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Which answer choice does not contain any punctuation errors?

A."Ouch! I bit my tongue" the child wailed!

B."Ouch! I bit my tongue." the child wailed!

C."Ouch! I bit my tongue!" the child wailed.

D."Ouch! I bit my tongue," the child wailed!

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Among the choices provided above, the sentence which is correctly punctuated is:

C."Ouch! I bit my tongue!" the child wailed.

The sentence expresses an exclamatory tone which therefore requires an exclamation point. Quotation marks are used to denote speaker's monologue.
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