A) This would be a run-on sentence because it has no grammar besides the quotes at the beginning and the period at the end. Therefore this is not the answer.
B) The comma is in the correct place and this is one of the two correct answers.
C) This is another run-on sentence and has no grammar apart from the period at the end. Therefore, this is not the answer, either.
D) The comma is not necessary in this sentence. This is not the answer.
E) The comma in this sentence is used correctly. This is one of the two correct answers.
What does the phrase “because I was not” emphasize about the speaker? The speaker is lonely and distanced from the rest of society, which is why he did not speak out. The speaker is deeply sorry and wants to justify why he did not speak out against the arrests.
