Which of the following sentences shows correct usage of a comma or commas?
A. Claire's plum pudding was mainly distinctive, for its absence of plums.
B. Christopher Wren, a contemporary of Isaac Newton and John Locke, was the architect of St. Paul's Cathedral.
C. William of Orange, arrived in England in 1688, to claim the English throne from James II.
D. After a fire at their home, Carlie and her mother rented a house in Glendale Arizona from November 14, 2007 to January 28,2008.******This is my answer
D is incorrect.
Nope.
Always separate a city and state with a comma.
Ok so I believe my answer would be C
No.
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The correct usage of commas in the given sentences is:
A. Claire's plum pudding was mainly distinctive, for its absence of plums. - This sentence shows correct usage of a comma. The comma is used to separate the dependent clause ("for its absence of plums") from the main clause.
B. Christopher Wren, a contemporary of Isaac Newton and John Locke, was the architect of St. Paul's Cathedral. - This sentence shows correct usage of commas. The commas are used to set off the non-essential information ("a contemporary of Isaac Newton and John Locke") within the sentence.
C. William of Orange, arrived in England in 1688, to claim the English throne from James II. - This sentence does not show correct usage of commas. There should be a comma after "Orange" to set off the introductory phrase ("arrived in England in 1688") from the main clause.
D. After a fire at their home, Carlie and her mother rented a house in Glendale Arizona from November 14, 2007 to January 28,2008. - This sentence does not show correct usage of commas. There should be a comma after "Arizona" to separate the place name from the date range.
Therefore, the correct sentence that shows the proper usage of commas is B. Christopher Wren, a contemporary of Isaac Newton and John Locke, was the architect of St. Paul's Cathedral.