Identify the INCORRECTLY punctuated sentence.
(1 point)
Responses
Reesa is wearing a dark, green sweater.
Reesa is wearing a dark, green sweater.
Around the collar are tiny white pearls.
Around the collar are tiny white pearls.
The sweater has six shiny buttons.
The sweater has six shiny buttons.
She discovered the sweater in a cold, musty closet.
Reesa is wearing a dark, green sweater.
The incorrectly punctuated sentence is: "Reesa is wearing a dark, green sweater."
The incorrectly punctuated sentence is:
She discovered the sweater in a cold, musty closet.
Explanation on how to identify:
To identify the incorrectly punctuated sentence, we need to look for any punctuation errors. In this case, all the sentences listed end with a period, which is the correct punctuation mark to use at the end of a sentence. Therefore, we need to examine the other punctuation marks in the sentences.
The first sentence, "Reesa is wearing a dark, green sweater," is correctly punctuated. It has a comma separating the adjectives "dark" and "green" to indicate a list or a compound adjective.
The second sentence, "Around the collar are tiny white pearls," is also correctly punctuated. It uses a comma to separate the prepositional phrase "Around the collar" from the subject "tiny white pearls."
The third sentence, "The sweater has six shiny buttons," does not contain any punctuation errors. It ends with the correct period and uses no other punctuation marks within the sentence.
Finally, the fourth sentence, "She discovered the sweater in a cold, musty closet," is the incorrectly punctuated sentence. It contains a comma splice, where a comma is used to join two independent clauses. To correct the error, we can replace the comma with a period or add a coordinating conjunction after the comma, such as "and" or "but."
Therefore, the incorrectly punctuated sentence is "She discovered the sweater in a cold, musty closet."