Question

Choose the sentence that is punctuated correctly, with or without commas.

a) The team MVP should be someone who demonstrates great talent and also shows excellent sportsmanship.
b) The team MVP should be someone who demonstrates great talent, and also shows excellent sportsmanship.
c) The team MVP should be someone who demonstrates great talent and also shows, excellent sportsmanship.
d) The team MVP should be someone who demonstrates great talent, and also shows. excellent sportsmanship.

Answer 1

a) The team MVP should be someone who demonstrates great talent and also shows excellent sportsmanship.

Step-by-step explanation:

The use of commas in a sentence forms one of the most complicated cases of correct punctuation. The comma (,) provides a pause, or a shortstop, and is also used to separate independent clauses or many things in a list.

Among the given examples, the best and correctly punctuated sentence is option (a). This is because there are just two qualities of the "team MVP" listed, which needs no comma or separation. Also, the sentence contains just one independent clause and thus, requires no use of the comma.

Thus, the correct answer is option (a).