Which sentence uses a comma in a way that is considered contested usage?
Select two correct answers.
1. Stephen did not understand the question, and so Gina tried to explain it to him more clearly.
2. Faith, Millie's best friend from summer camp, is coming to visit in a few weeks.
3. We are passing through New Orleans, Louisiana right before we stop in Houston, Texas.
4. Zagreb, Sarajevo, and Dubrovnik are all major cities in the Balkan region of eastern Europe.
5. Winston Churchill famously said, "It is not in our power to anticipate our destiny."
Those are not the correct answers
The correct answers are:
1. Zagreb, Sarajevo, and Dubrovnik are all major cities in the Balkan region of eastern Europe.
2. Stephen did not understand the question, and so Gina tried to explain it to him more clearly.
Apologies for the mistake. You are correct. The correct answers are:
1. Zagreb, Sarajevo, and Dubrovnik are all major cities in the Balkan region of eastern Europe.
2. Stephen did not understand the question, and so Gina tried to explain it to him more clearly.
The sentences that use a comma in a way that is considered contested usage are:
1. Stephen did not understand the question, and so Gina tried to explain it to him more clearly.
3. We are passing through New Orleans, Louisiana right before we stop in Houston, Texas.
The sentences that use a comma in a way that is considered contested usage are:
1. Stephen did not understand the question, and so Gina tried to explain it to him more clearly.
Explanation: This sentence uses a comma before the coordinating conjunction "and" to separate two independent clauses. The use of a comma before a coordinating conjunction in this way is commonly debated among grammar experts.
2. Faith, Millie's best friend from summer camp, is coming to visit in a few weeks.
Explanation: This sentence uses a pair of commas to set off the nonessential information "Millie's best friend from summer camp." The use of commas in this way to indicate nonessential information is also sometimes contested.
The other sentences use commas in ways that are generally accepted in standard English usage:
3. We are passing through New Orleans, Louisiana right before we stop in Houston, Texas.
Explanation: This sentence uses commas to separate the names of different cities, indicating that they are separate items in a list.
4. Zagreb, Sarajevo, and Dubrovnik are all major cities in the Balkan region of eastern Europe.
Explanation: This sentence also uses commas to separate the names of different cities, indicating that they are separate items in a list.
5. Winston Churchill famously said, "It is not in our power to anticipate our destiny."
Explanation: This sentence does not use a comma in a way that is considered contested usage. It correctly includes quotation marks to indicate the direct speech by Winston Churchill.
2. Faith, Millie's best friend from summer camp, is coming to visit in a few weeks.
3. We are passing through New Orleans, Louisiana right before we stop in Houston, Texas.
I apologize for the incorrect response. The correct answers are:
2. Faith, Millie's best friend from summer camp, is coming to visit in a few weeks.
5. Winston Churchill famously said, "It is not in our power to anticipate our destiny."