Asked by tay

The following sentence contains an introductory phrase:

After looking through her purse three times Carla realized she’d forgotten her earplugs at home and would have to listen to her boyfriend’s band.

Which revision correctly punctuates the sentence?


After looking through her purse three times Carla realized she’d forgotten her earplugs at home, and would have to listen to her boyfriend’s band.


After looking through her purse three times, Carla realized she’d forgotten her earplugs at home and would have to listen to her boyfriend’s band.


After, looking through her purse three times Carla realized she’d forgotten her earplugs at home, and would have to listen to her boyfriend’s band.


After looking through her purse, three times Carla realized she’d forgotten her earplugs at home and would have to listen to her boyfriend’s band.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
After looking through her purse three times, Carla realized she’d forgotten her earplugs at home and would have to listen to her boyfriend’s band.

Explanation: Place a comma after the introductory phrase ("After looking through her purse three times"). No comma is needed before the compound predicate ("forgotten... and would have...").