Syntax is the study of <span>a. grammatical rules of a language
C is semantics, d is comparative linguistics, b is related to sociolects.</span>
I believe C) describing what happens during and after a flood.
<span>Braunau am Inn, Austria</span>
The sentence that uses correct punctuation is:
Mark called to the umpire, "Hey, that was a strike!"
So that is the second one.
You have to place a comma before the quote, and an exclamation mark before the last quotation mark.