Question

Which one of the following sentences is correctly​ punctuated? A. She named him Sterling that was her​ grandfather's name. B. Sterling looks just like his sister​ Susan, they both have brown hair and small noses. C. Sterling is almost three weeks​ old, he can already lift his head. D. Haley just had a​ baby; she had a boy.

Answer 1

D is correctly punctuated.

Step-by-step explanation:

D includes a period (declarative) which in here, makes it perfectly punctuated considering that it is a statement. D stated that Haley had a baby, whose gender is a Male.

Answer 2

The correct answer is D): Haley just had a baby; she had a boy.

Step-by-step explanation:

The correct answer is option D because it has a semicolon which is the right punctuation mark for joining two statements (“Haley just had a baby, and “she had a boy”) to produce a correctly punctuated sentence.

In order for options A, B, and C to become correctly punctuated sentences, a semicolon would have to be included between the two statements that are in each of the three sentences, thus:

A. She named him Sterling; that was her grandfather’s name.

B. Sterling looks just like his sister Susan; they both have brown hair and small noses.

C. Sterling is almost three weeks old; he can already lift his head.