'I'm not sure,' he replied. Why have we used the word 'replied'?

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When somebody in a story speaks, the writer tells us by using speech marks and writes ‘said’, ‘asked’ or ‘replied’. These verbs are then followed by a noun or proper noun – explaining who is speaking.


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