Question

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

1.Hesitatingly, the newborn calf took its first steps away, from its mother’s side.

2.Hesitatingly the newborn calf took its first steps, away from its mother’s side.

3. Hesitatingly, the newborn calf took its first steps away from its mother’s side.

4. Hesitatingly the newborn calf, took its first steps, away from its mother’s side.

Answer 1

3. There needs to be a pause.
The other ones have pauses at random times when.

Answer 2

3. there should be a pause after “hesitantly” but a comma splice would take place if there were any additional pauses.