Question
Which sentences are punctuated correctly? Select 3 options.
A: The cake (that I made for my mother’s birthday) was dark chocolate.
B: The nurse, who was kind and compassionate, bandaged my thumb.
C: F. Scott Fitzgerald was a famous writer—who inspired many great films.
D: The coach with the red jacket just paid my brother a huge compliment.
E: Leonardo da Vinci—painter and sculptor—was part of the Renaissance.
A: The cake (that I made for my mother’s birthday) was dark chocolate.
B: The nurse, who was kind and compassionate, bandaged my thumb.
C: F. Scott Fitzgerald was a famous writer—who inspired many great films.
D: The coach with the red jacket just paid my brother a huge compliment.
E: Leonardo da Vinci—painter and sculptor—was part of the Renaissance.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The sentences that are punctuated correctly are:
A: The cake (that I made for my mother’s birthday) was dark chocolate.
B: The nurse, who was kind and compassionate, bandaged my thumb.
E: Leonardo da Vinci—painter and sculptor—was part of the Renaissance.
C is incorrect due to the misuse of the em dash, and D is correctly punctuated but does not have any punctuation errors to note. However, since only three options are needed, A, B, and E are the ones that are confirmed correctly punctuated.
A: The cake (that I made for my mother’s birthday) was dark chocolate.
B: The nurse, who was kind and compassionate, bandaged my thumb.
E: Leonardo da Vinci—painter and sculptor—was part of the Renaissance.
C is incorrect due to the misuse of the em dash, and D is correctly punctuated but does not have any punctuation errors to note. However, since only three options are needed, A, B, and E are the ones that are confirmed correctly punctuated.