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Correct answer: C. "When Sheila arrived she said, 'Please fix me some hot tea, I'm so cold!'"
- A. "When Sheila arrived she said, please fix me some hot tea; i'm so cold!"
- B. "When Sheila arrived she said, 'Please fix me some hot tea; Im so cold!'"
- C. "When Sheila arrived she said, 'Please fix me some hot tea, I'm so cold!'"
- D. "When Sheila arrived she said, 'Please fix me some hot tea; I'm so Cold!'"
Explanation
This option correctly uses a comma after "tea" and corrects "I'm" to have an apostrophe. It ends the sentence with the correct punctuation and uses double quotation marks throughout. This is correct option
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