indirect speech of an exclamatory sentence

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indirect speech of an exclamatory sentence

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Hello,

1.The girl said, ‘How beautiful the rainbow is!’ ( rewrite into indirect speech)

A. The girl exclaimed with joy that the rainbow was very beautiful.

B. The girl said how beautiful the rainbow was.

Which one is correct between 'A' and 'B'?

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Re: indirect speech of an exclamatory sentence

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Both grammatical.
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