The writer is considering deleting the underlined portion of<br>sentence 5 (reproduced below) and adjusting the<br>punctuation as needed.<br><br>Fleming often consulted Bond's guidebook and was struck,<br>as he explained years later in a letter to the omithologist's<br>wife, by the “brief, unromantic, Anglo-Saxon and yet very<br>masculine name” of its author.<br><br>Should the writer keep or delete the underlined text?<br><br>(®) Keep, because it clarifies the source of<br>the quotation used in the sentence.<br><br>Keep it, because it supports the passage's<br>characterization of Fleming by showing his<br>friendiiness to Bond's wife.<br><br>(©) Delete it, because it interrupts the<br>discussion of the character James Bond's<br>name with irelevant information.<br><br>(©) Delete it, because it confuses the timeline<br>of the passage by referencing an event<br>that took place later than the events<br>discussed in the second paragraph.<br>