Which of the following sentences uses commas with appositives correctly?

A.Mr. Van Daan’s son, Peter, spent a lot of time with Anne.
B.Margot, Anne’s sister is the oldest.
C.Miep the one who helped them, stopped coming.
D.Mrs. Van Daan the selfish woman, always defends, her husband.
I think it is A or B...not sure tho...please explain..

It's A. We set off appositives with commas.

Thank you...

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The correct sentence that uses commas with appositives correctly is A. "Mr. Van Daan’s son, Peter, spent a lot of time with Anne."

An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames or provides additional information about another noun or pronoun in a sentence. Commas are used to set off appositives from the rest of the sentence.

In sentence A, the appositive "Peter" renames and provides additional information about "Mr. Van Daan's son." The commas appropriately set off the appositive, indicating that it is non-essential information. The sentence would still make sense without the appositive.

In sentence B, "Anne's sister" is an appositive that provides additional information about "Margot." However, there is no comma after "Margot," which is incorrect. The sentence should be written as: "Margot, Anne's sister, is the oldest."

In sentence C, "Miep the one who helped them stopped coming," the placement of the appositive is incorrect. The appositive "the one who helped them" should be placed directly after "Miep" with commas used to set it off: "Miep, the one who helped them, stopped coming."

In sentence D, there are multiple issues with comma usage. The first appositive "Mrs. Van Daan" is followed by "the selfish woman," which should be set off by commas. The second appositive "her husband" is also not properly set off by commas. The correct sentence should be: "Mrs. Van Daan, the selfish woman, always defends her husband."

To summarize, the sentence that uses commas with appositives correctly is A. "Mr. Van Daan’s son, Peter, spent a lot of time with Anne."