The following sentence is missing punctuation: “The crowd upset by the delay began to chant loudly for the band to appear.” Explain where the error has occurred in this sentence and how it can be fixed.
6. Identify which one of the following sentences is missing punctuation. Please correct the error and
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In the given sentence, the error lies in the absence of a comma before the word "loudly." To fix this error, a comma needs to be inserted after the word "delay." The corrected sentence would be: "The crowd, upset by the delay, began to chant loudly for the band to appear." The comma is needed because it separates the introductory phrase "upset by the delay" from the main clause "began to chant loudly for the band to appear."
