Select the sentence which is correctly punctuated.
A) The cancer was in the cul-de-sac.
B) The cancer was in the cul de sac.
I answered A, B just doesn't look right
I think you're right in choosing A.
To determine which sentence is correctly punctuated, we need to understand the grammar rules regarding the term "cul-de-sac."
The correct answer is A) "The cancer was in the cul-de-sac."
"Cul-de-sac" is a French term that means "bottom of the bag." In English, it is commonly used to refer to a dead-end street or a circular part of a road. According to punctuation rules, when writing this term, hyphens are used to connect the words together, and they should not be separated by spaces. Therefore, the correct punctuation is "cul-de-sac," as shown in sentence A. Sentence B incorrectly separates the words by spaces, which violates the punctuation rules.