Identify the correct substitution for the underlined portion of the sentence below.

To prepare these muffins start by putting two ripe bananas a cup of walnuts, 2 cups of flour, two eggs, 1 cup of sugar in a bowl.

A. muffins, start by putting two ripe bananas a cup of walnuts
B. muffins, start by putting two ripe bananas a cup of walnuts;
C. muffins; start by putting two ripe bananas a cup of walnuts,
D. muffins, start by putting two ripe bananas, a cup of walnuts,

1 answer

The correct substitution for the underlined portion of the sentence is:

D. muffins, start by putting two ripe bananas, a cup of walnuts,

This option correctly uses a comma after "two ripe bananas" to separate the items in the list, making the sentence grammatically correct and clearer to read.