Asked by john

Which statement is punctuated correctly?

Selena, started playing hockey, her favorite sport when she was seven because her older sister was a star goalie.
Selena started playing hockey, her favorite sport when she was seven because her older sister was a star goalie.
Selena started playing hockey, her favorite sport, when she was seven because her older sister was a star goalie.
Selena started playing hockey her favorite sport, when she was seven, because her older sister was a star goalie.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The third sentence is correct:

"Selena started playing hockey, her favorite sport, when she was seven because her older sister was a star goalie."

Explanation: "her favorite sport" is an appositive and should be set off with commas; no comma should separate the subject and verb, and no comma is needed before "because" here.