Question

As soon as Loraine arrived in town, she phoned Dee. (2) However, Dee was not home. (3) Discouraged, by this Loraine walked four blocks to a coffee shop. (4) She hoped Darlene her old friend would be there. (5) When she got to the coffee shop, Loraine found that Darlene was not there. (6) Loraine asked one of the waitresses where Darlene was, and she learned that Darlene had moved to Delaware. Question: In which sentence is the comma used incorrectly? A. Sentence 2 B. Sentence 1 C. Sentence 5 D. Sentence 3

Answer 1

"Sentence 3" is the one sentence among the following choices given in the question where the comma is used incorrectly. The correct option among all the options that are given in the question is the last option or option "D". I hope that the answer has come to your help.

Answer 2

The correct answer is D. Sentence three

Here the comma is used incorrectly after discouraged because there's the "by this" part. It would be correctly places if it said "Discouraged, Loraine walked..."