Asked by maribel
Read the sentence.
The phone call, from the admissions office, made me ecstatic.
What is the best way to revise the sentence so that the punctuation is correct?
The phone call from the admissions office made me happy.
The phone call from the admissions office, made me happy.
The phone call (from the admissions office) made me happy.
The phone call—from the admissions office—made me happy.
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"The phone call from the admissions office made me happy."
Explanation: "from the admissions office" is a restrictive modifier specifying which phone call, so it should not be set off with commas. Parentheses or em dashes would be grammatical but change the emphasis; the simplest correct form is the first.
Explanation: "from the admissions office" is a restrictive modifier specifying which phone call, so it should not be set off with commas. Parentheses or em dashes would be grammatical but change the emphasis; the simplest correct form is the first.
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