Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?
A. The local police asked the F.B.I. to assist with the case.
B. Mr. Jones visited the YMCA before becoming a member.
C. Mary remembered to buy milk didn't she?
D. The company held it's annual party at the convention center.
I'll be glad to check your answer.
To determine which sentence is correctly punctuated, let's analyze each option:
A. The local police asked the F.B.I. to assist with the case.
This sentence is correctly punctuated. The initials "F.B.I." are written with periods between each letter, as is the correct usage for abbreviations.
B. Mr. Jones visited the YMCA before becoming a member.
This sentence is correctly punctuated. There is no punctuation error in this sentence.
C. Mary remembered to buy milk didn't she?
This sentence is not correctly punctuated. The correct punctuation would be:
Mary remembered to buy milk, didn't she?
The comma is needed before "didn't she?" to separate the main clause and the tag question.
D. The company held its annual party at the convention center.
This sentence is not correctly punctuated. The correct spelling of "its" does not require an apostrophe. Here is the correct version:
The company held its annual party at the convention center.
Therefore, the correctly punctuated sentence is option A, "The local police asked the F.B.I. to assist with the case."