Question

Select all of the sentences that are correctly punctuated.

Answer 1

Answer: The sentences that are correctly punctuated:

• No, we will not be able to go.

• After I finish my homework, I will watch the high school football game.

• Reggie likes to play football, of course.

• John, the captain of our football team, dislocated his shoulder.

Explanation:

The sentences that are incorrectly punctuated:

• Cold and wet we rushed to warm ourselves around the fire.

This sentence is not correctly punctuated, as there needs to be a coma after the opening of the sentence (adjectival phrase). When we have an opening adjective at the beginning of the sentence, we must always put a coma after it. The correct punctuation of the sentence would be: Cold and wet, we rushed to warm ourselves around the fire.

• Mark likes to play tennis and I like to play soccer.

When we join two independent clauses by using a conjunction 'and', we must always place a comma before the conjunction. The correct punctuation is, therefore: Mark likes to play tennis, and I like to play soccer.

• When we board the bus Frank looks for a seat by a window.

When a dependent clause is found at the beginning of the sentence and is followed by an independent clause, we must always put a comma after the dependent clause. The correct punctuation of the sentence is: When we board the bus, Frank looks for a seat by a window.