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Which of the following sentences correctly creates a natural pause?

a. Maybe we should make a new plan /amp;hellip; the car is not running.
b. Maybe we should make a new plan, the car is not running.
c. Maybe we should make a new plan, the car, is not running.
d. Maybe we should make a new plan: the car is not running.

User Jon Glazer
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Answer:

B.

Step-by-step explanation:

B.

User Vdudouyt
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Answer: b. Maybe we should make a new plan, the car is not running.

Step-by-step explanation:

Natural pause during speech is when the speaker has to pause a bit and then continues their dialogue. Commas are the most used to denote natural pauses.

In the above, the best option is B because the speaker came to a natural pause after saying 'plan'. A comma should then be placed there and the rest of the sentence completed.

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