The most common way to start a sentence is to start with a subject. For example, the cherry popsicle dripped on my shirt. The subject is: The cherry popsicle and the predicate is: dripped on my shirt. Just remember predicate as a prediction. "Dripped on my shirt" is a prediction.
I would say the answer would be C but the actual meaning of the word "punctilious " means showing great attention to detail or correct behavior . Matthew may have be trying to spell it correctly or just came up short . So therefore it would be A .
