Question

Which sentences are punctuated correctly? Select 3 options.

The cake (that I made for my mother’s birthday) was dark chocolate.
The nurse, who was kind and compassionate, bandaged my thumb.
F. Scott Fitzgerald was a famous writer—who inspired many great films.
The coach with the red jacket just paid my brother a huge compliment.
Leonardo da Vinci—painter and sculptor—was part of the Renaissance.

Answer 1

Correct:
- The nurse, who was kind and compassionate, bandaged my thumb.
- The coach with the red jacket just paid my brother a huge compliment.
- Leonardo da Vinci—painter and sculptor—was part of the Renaissance.

Notes: Sentence 1 misuses parentheses with the restrictive "that" clause; sentence 3 mispunctuates the nonrestrictive relative clause (it needs commas or a different construction).