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Edit text: soldiers and their leader

Short answer

Enclose speech in quotes; add comma after 'son'; change 'doubt' to 'doubted'; change 'is' to 'was' in reported speech; change 'listen' to 'listened'; change 'raise' to 'raised'.

Edit the following text: Your leader is my son she said and not one of the soldiers doubt it. They fell in beside her, singing his praises, saying how clever and brave he is, and she listen to them with head proudly raise, showing no surprise.

Edited text

"Your leader is my son," she said, and not one of the soldiers doubted it. They fell in beside her, singing his praises, saying how clever and brave he was, and she listened to them with head proudly raised, showing no surprise.

Corrections made

  • Added quotation marks around the spoken words and a comma after "son" before "she said".
  • Added a comma before "and" to separate the clauses.
  • "doubt" changed to "doubted" (past tense).
  • "is" changed to "was" to keep the past tense in reported speech.
  • "listen" changed to "listened" (past tense).
  • "raise" changed to "raised" (past participle, used as an adjective).

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