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Read the sentence.
Theodore Roosevelt the twenty-sixth president of the United States was the youngest president to ever hold office.
Which revision of the sentence is now properly punctuated?
Theodore Roosevelt, the twenty-sixth president of the United States, was the youngest president to ever hold office.
Theodore Roosevelt the twenty-sixth president (of the United States) was the youngest president to ever hold office.
Theodore Roosevelt the twenty—sixth president of the United States—was the youngest president to ever hold office.
Theodore Roosevelt, the twenty-sixth president of the United States was the youngest president to ever hold office.
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The first option is correct:
Theodore Roosevelt, the twenty-sixth president of the United States, was the youngest president to ever hold office.
Explanation: The phrase "the twenty-sixth president of the United States" is a nonrestrictive appositive and should be set off with commas.
Theodore Roosevelt, the twenty-sixth president of the United States, was the youngest president to ever hold office.
Explanation: The phrase "the twenty-sixth president of the United States" is a nonrestrictive appositive and should be set off with commas.
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