Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?
A. A carpenter must use certain tools, hammers, saws, chisels, to finish a job.
B. A carpenter must use certain tools hammers, saws, chisels -to finish a job.
C. A carpenter must use certain tools - hammers, saws, chisels to finish a job.
D. A carpenter must use certain tools- hammers, saws, chisels- to finish a job
I think it would be D because my using two dashes we separate the unwanted information and the sentence can still make sense with the info contained within the dashes.
Correct me Ms. Sue if I'm wrong please.
i think it is C. am right
The correct sentence is:
C. A carpenter must use certain tools - hammers, saws, chisels to finish a job.
This sentence correctly uses a hyphen to indicate a pause or interruption in the sentence, and the tools are correctly listed using commas within the interruption.
To determine which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly, you need to understand the rules of punctuation. In this case, we are looking for correct comma usage.
Let's analyze each option:
A. A carpenter must use certain tools, hammers, saws, chisels, to finish a job.
This sentence uses commas before each tool listed (hammers, saws, chisels), and it ends with a comma before "to finish a job." However, it is incorrect to use commas in this way. The correct placement of commas would be after each tool listed.
B. A carpenter must use certain tools hammers, saws, chisels -to finish a job.
This sentence uses hyphens instead of commas to separate the tools. Hyphens should not be used in this context. The correct punctuation should be commas.
C. A carpenter must use certain tools - hammers, saws, chisels to finish a job.
In this sentence, the use of a dash ( - ) before "hammers" is incorrect. Dashes should not be used in this context. The correct punctuation should be commas.
D. A carpenter must use certain tools- hammers, saws, chisels- to finish a job.
This sentence correctly uses dashes to separate the tools, and it ends with a comma before "to finish a job." Dashes are used to set off non-essential information here, and commas are used to separate each tool.
Therefore, the correct sentence, punctuated correctly, is option D:
A carpenter must use certain tools - hammers, saws, chisels - to finish a job.