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Which answer choice is punctuated correctly?
We’ll need a hose: a rake, preferably with good teeth: a basket and a wheelbarrow.
We’ll need: a hose, a rake preferably with good teeth. A basket and a wheelbarrow.
We’ll need a hose, a rake, preferably with good teeth, a basket, and a wheelbarrow.
We’ll need: a hose; a rake, preferably with good teeth; a basket; and a wheelbarrow.
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The third choice:
We’ll need a hose, a rake, preferably with good teeth, a basket, and a wheelbarrow.
Explanation: "preferably with good teeth" is a parenthetical phrase and should be set off with commas, and the items in the list are correctly separated (including the serial comma). (The fourth choice would also be grammatically acceptable if you prefer using a colon to introduce the list and semicolons to separate items because one item contains commas.)
We’ll need a hose, a rake, preferably with good teeth, a basket, and a wheelbarrow.
Explanation: "preferably with good teeth" is a parenthetical phrase and should be set off with commas, and the items in the list are correctly separated (including the serial comma). (The fourth choice would also be grammatically acceptable if you prefer using a colon to introduce the list and semicolons to separate items because one item contains commas.)
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