(1) During a visit to the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts, Carla Curran shares 3-D models of microscopic phytoplankton with a group of teenagers. (2) Phytoplankton are a kind of algae. (3) The models are 5,000 times their original size. (4) The students run their hands over the grooves and cracks of the models, learning the parts. (5) Curran asks the teens to say what they feel. (6) For more than 22 years Curran has taught hundreds of students most recently at Savannah State University in Georgia. (7) However, over the past six years, her role as a guest educator at Perkins has led to the work in which she has the most influence.

(8) In exercises designed to make scientific concepts more interactive and accessible. (9) She has engaged more than 100 Perkins students. (10) It’s an approach aimed at being inclusive and keeping students in STEM, or science, technology, engineering and math. What is the BEST way to rewrite sentence 6?
A.For more than 22 years Curran has taught hundreds of students most recently, at Savannah State University in Georgia.
B.For more than 22 years Curran has taught, hundreds of students most recently at Savannah State University in Georgia.
C.For more than 22 years, Curran has taught hundreds of students, most recently at Savannah State University in Georgia.
D.For more than 22 years, Curran has taught hundreds of students most recently at Savannah State University in Georgia.

1 answer

The BEST way to rewrite sentence 6 is:

C. For more than 22 years, Curran has taught hundreds of students, most recently at Savannah State University in Georgia.

This option correctly places commas for clarity and maintains the intended meaning of the sentence.