Question

5.4. Virginia Woolf

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Multiple Choice
Two of the following
sentences are punctuated correctly. Choose the letter of the sentence that contains the INCORRECT comma usage.
A. Zeke, in fact, beat his old record in the breaststroke by almost two seconds. B. Cats, like other seemingly harmless animals, can cause a lot of harm with their claws.
C. The fledgling business, though small was doing quite well.

Answer 1

Answer: C. The fledgling business, though small was doing quite well.

Step-by-step explanation:

The sentences that contains the correct usage of the commas include:

• Zeke, in fact, beat his old record in the breaststroke by almost two seconds.

• Cats, like other seemingly harmless animals, can cause a lot of harm with their claws.

The incorrect usage of the comma can be found in option C which is "The fledgling business, though small was doing quite well".

It should have been correctly written as " The fledgling business, though small, was doing quite well".