Which sentence is punctuated correctly?(1 point)
Responses
a The swim meet starts in an hour—we need to hurry!
b My swim meet was canceled because of rain. . . but it will be rescheduled.
c I have snacks, a bottle of water—and a towel in my bag.
d Which bus do we take to get to the pool . . .
c I have snacks, a bottle of water—and a towel in my bag.
The sentence that is punctuated correctly is:
c I have snacks, a bottle of water—and a towel in my bag.
To determine which sentence is punctuated correctly, let's analyze each option:
a) The swim meet starts in an hour—we need to hurry!
This sentence is correctly punctuated. It starts with a capital letter, has proper punctuation for the exclamation mark, and correctly uses an em dash to separate the clauses.
b) My swim meet was canceled because of rain. . . but it will be rescheduled.
This sentence has incorrect punctuation. There should not be a period before the ellipsis. It should be: My swim meet was canceled because of rain... but it will be rescheduled.
c) I have snacks, a bottle of water—and a towel in my bag.
This sentence is correctly punctuated. It starts with a capital letter, uses a comma to separate the items in the list, and correctly uses an em dash to add additional information.
d) Which bus do we take to get to the pool . . .
This sentence is correctly punctuated as it ends with a question mark.
Based on the analysis, sentence a) "The swim meet starts in an hour—we need to hurry!" is the correctly punctuated sentence.