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Sentence 1: George W. Bush is the 43rd president of the United States.

What corrections should be made to this sentence?

A. Capitalize "P" in the word president.
B. Remove the period after the letter W.
C. Hyphenate United-States
D. Hyphenate George-W.-Bush
E. Hyphenate George-W.-Bush

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Final answer:

The sentence should be corrected by hyphenating George W. Bush as George-W.-Bush.


Step-by-step explanation:

The correction that should be made to this sentence is option D: Hyphenate George-W.-Bush. When referring to someone's full name, the hyphen is used to connect all parts of the name. In this case, George W. Bush should be hyphenated as George-W.-Bush. The other options are not necessary corrections for this sentence.


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