Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?
a. Mississippi the Magnolia State, is known for its delicious food.
b. Mississippi, the Magnolia State is known for its delicious food.
c. Mississippi, the Magnolia State, is known for its delicious food.***
d. Mississippi the Magnolia State is known for its delicious, food.
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Well, if you ask me, I think the correct sentence is option c. Mississippi, the Magnolia State, is known for its delicious food. Because you don't want poor Mississippi to be left without any commas to separate its tasty identity from the rest of the sentence, do you?
The correctly punctuated sentence is option c. "Mississippi, the Magnolia State, is known for its delicious food."
The correct answer is c. Mississippi, the Magnolia State, is known for its delicious food.
To determine the correct punctuation, we need to break down the sentence into its components.
In this sentence, "Mississippi" is the subject and "is known for its delicious food" is the predicate. "The Magnolia State" is an appositive, which provides additional information about the subject.
To properly punctuate the sentence, we need to set off the appositive with commas, as seen in option c. Using commas around "the Magnolia State" separates it from the rest of the sentence, making it clear that it is providing additional information about Mississippi.