Question

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

The Sunbeam Shop: our new bakery: sells delicious eclairs.

The Sunbeam Shop (our new bakery) sells delicious eclairs.



Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

David's favorite book is Great Expectations, but my favorite book is A Tale of Two Cities.

David's favorite book is Great Expectations; but my favorite book is A Tale of Two Cities.

David's favorite book is Great Expectations but my favorite book is A Tale of Two Cities.

Answer 1

The correctly punctuated sentences are 'The Sunbeam Shop (our new bakery) sells delicious eclairs' and 'David's favorite book is Great Expectations, but my favorite book is A Tale of Two Cities'.

Step-by-step explanation:

The sentence punctuated correctly among the options provided is:

The Sunbeam Shop (our new bakery) sells delicious eclairs.

This sentence uses parentheses to add a non-essential clause, which is the correct punctuation in this context. For the other set of sentences, the correct punctuation would be:

David's favorite book is Great Expectations, but my favorite book is A Tale of Two Cities. T

his sentence correctly uses a comma before the coordinating conjunction 'but' to connect two independent clauses.

Answer 2

1.) Is the second option - The Sunbeam Shop (our new bakery) sells delicious eclairs.

2.) Is the first option - David's favorite book is Great Expectations, but my favorite book is A Tale of Two Cities.

Step-by-step explanation:

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