Select the sentence which is correctly punctuated.
1.A) He has a 150-pack-year smoking history.
B) He has a 150 pack year smoking history.
My answer is A.
2.A) The gangrene had spread to one-half of his leg.
B) The gangrene had spread to one half of his leg.
My answer is B.
3.A) He was one-half hour late.
B) He was one half hour late.
My answer is A.
4.A) She was flat-chested.
B) She was flat chested.
My answer is B.
5.A) This white female, gravida 32, para 4, is well-developed.
B) This white female, gravida 32, para 4, is well developed.
My answer is B.
Thanks!
Great job! Your answers are correct for all the sentences:
1. The correctly punctuated sentence is A) "He has a 150-pack-year smoking history." The hyphens are necessary in this compound adjective to show that "150," "pack," and "year" are all working together to modify "smoking history."
2. The correctly punctuated sentence is B) "The gangrene had spread to one half of his leg." In this case, the phrase "one half" should not be connected with a hyphen because it is used as a fraction.
3. The correctly punctuated sentence is A) "He was one-half hour late." In this sentence, the hyphen is used to connect "one" and "half" to function together as a compound adjective modifying "hour."
4. The correctly punctuated sentence is B) "She was flat chested." In this case, no hyphen is needed because "flat" is an adjective modifying "chested."
5. The correctly punctuated sentence is B) "This white female, gravida 32, para 4, is well-developed." The phrase "well-developed" is a compound adjective modifying "white female," and no hyphen is needed between "well" and "developed."
Well done on understanding the punctuation rules in these sentences! Keep up the good work!