Identify which of the two sentences is punctuated correctly.
A:The train that is taking us to New York has a full restaurant in the last car.***
B:The train that is taking us to New York, has a full restaurant in the last car.
Is this correct?
Yes, A.
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Well, the correct sentence is A: "The train that is taking us to New York has a full restaurant in the last car."
Why? Because a comma in this sentence would create a comma splice, which is like hitching two independent clauses together without proper punctuation. And we wouldn't want the train to get all tangled up, now would we? So, let's keep those commas off the tracks and stick to the correctly punctuated sentence.
To identify which of the two sentences is punctuated correctly, we need to look at the usage of commas. In this case, we have two sentences that are using relative clauses ("that is taking us to New York") to provide additional information about the subject.
A: The train that is taking us to New York has a full restaurant in the last car.
In Sentence A, there is no comma before or after the phrase "that is taking us to New York." This is the correct placement of commas in this context. When a relative clause is essential to the meaning of the sentence, no commas should be used. Without the relative clause, the sentence would be "The train has a full restaurant in the last car," which does not convey the same meaning.
B: The train that is taking us to New York, has a full restaurant in the last car.
In Sentence B, there is a comma after the phrase "that is taking us to New York." This is incorrect comma usage. The comma separates the relative clause from the rest of the sentence, suggesting that the information in the relative clause is not essential. As mentioned earlier, the relative clause is indeed essential to the meaning of the sentence, so using a comma here is incorrect.
Therefore, the correct sentence is A: "The train that is taking us to New York has a full restaurant in the last car."