Question

Choose the sentence that correctly uses commas.

a. Leif Eriksson, who is believed to be the first European to reach North America, is commemorated by statues in, the United States, Norway, Iceland, and Greenland.
b. Leif Eriksson, who is believed to be the first European to reach North America, is commemorated by statues in the United States Norway Iceland and Greenland.
c. Leif Eriksson, who is believed to be the first European to reach North America, is commemorated by statues in the United States, Norway, Iceland, and Greenland.
d. Leif Eriksson who is believed to be the first European to reach North America, is commemorated by statues in the United States, Norway, Iceland and Greenland.

Answer 1

The sentence that correctly uses commas is Option C, which sets off the non-restrictive clause and separates items in a list of countries.

Step-by-step explanation:

The correct sentence that uses commas appropriately is: c. Leif Eriksson, who is believed to be the first European to reach North America, is commemorated by statues in the United States, Norway, Iceland, and Greenland. This sentence correctly uses commas to set off the non-restrictive clause “who is believed to be the first European to reach North America”, which provides additional information about Leif Eriksson but is not essential to the meaning of the sentence.

Commas are also used correctly to separate items in the list of countries where statues commemorate Leif Eriksson. The comma , is a punctuation mark that appears in several variants in different languages. It has the same shape as an apostrophe or single closing quotation mark (') in many typefaces, but it differs from them in being placed on the baseline of the text.