You bet it would!” Marmaduke replied. “I just wish it was." Now, of course, he should have said “were,” as the teacher in the Red Schoolhouse was forever telling him, but a little boy can’t always remember correct English when a hunt is coming so close.

Marmaduke uses incorrect grammar at this point in the story because
Responses
A he is sad.he is sad.
B he is silly.he is silly.
C he is excited.he is excited.
D he is confused.