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@grlpower you are deleting my answer without any reason!
<span>Using cell phones during school hours is not allowed.</span>
The question is from James Baldwin's book, Notes of A Native Son and same-titled essay in the book. The author gives the details of his father's death and writes that his mother gave birth to one his sisters just before the father passed away. Therefore, the correct option is C.
The option with the commas is the best written sentence
(p.126, The African American and the Settling of the West, Sarah Nichols and Marie Hernandez, ed.Aaron Wilds.)
