Question

Which word or words and punctuation corrects any errors in the sentence?

We leave in twenty nine days for two weeks in the Canary Islands.

A.
Canary-Islands

B.
There is no error in this sentence.

C.
twenty-nine

D.
two-weeks

Answer 1

The word or words and punctuation that corrects any errors in the sentence is option C. twenty-nine. The word "twenty-nine" is the spelled out word of the number 29 and this is an example of a compound word. Compound words consist of two or more words that are linked together with a hyphen, in order to create a new word with a new meaning. In this case, a hyphen should be applied between the words twenty and nine.