which one of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?

Question

a. I saw so many of my friends, that I knew from high school.
b. Work was especially hard today, I had to train someone new to the job.
c. I often carry a cell phone with me, it helps if someone is trying to reach me.
d. If I had arrived earlier, I wouldn't have missed the opening act.

Answer 1

D is correct.

Answer A does not need a comma at all.

B is two separate complete clauses that would need to be either separated with a semicolon, a comma and and, or making them two different sentences.

C is also two separate clauses, fixed the same way.

D is correct because it is not too separate clauses.

Answer 2

d. is punctuated correctly.
The others should be written as follows:

a. I saw many of my friends that I knew from high school.
b. Work was especially hard today; I had to train someone new to the job.
c. I often carry a cell phone with me. It is useful when someone is trying to reach me.

Answer 3

D. word how in A, there is not any comma keeping apart the rates from something of the sentence. B, the author would not elect rates around his call, only the artwork. C. No close rates.

Answer 4

I would say C.
I would say also that A, & D have comma splices.
D would sound better if I was written
I wouldn't have missed the opening act if I had arrived earlier.
B needs a semicolon.

Answer 5

D

a doesn'tneed a comma
b and c need a semicolon instead of a comma

Answer 6

d is punctuated correctly.

a. requires no comma
b. needs a period between the two complete thoughts
c. needs a period between the two complete thoughts

Answer 7

d.

a has the relative 'that' which is a limiting relative, so no comma.
b should be two sentences.
c requires a stop, colon or hyphen.

Answer 8

d

Answer 9

d is correct

Answer 10

C