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Question : Identify the sentence which has correct punctuation. 

Option 1: "I'm so excited!" she said.

Option 2:  "I'm so excited!" she said,

Option 3: "I'm so excited!" she said.

Option 4:  "I'm so excited," she said.


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Answer (1)
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Correct Answer: "I'm so excited!" she said.


Solution : The correct answer is option 3.

"I'm so excited!" she said.

Explanation:

This sentence is a direct quote followed by a speaker tag.

The correct way to punctuate this sentence is to use a comma before the speaker tag, and to end the quote with a punctuation mark inside the quotation marks.

Option 3 correctly punctuates the sentence.

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