Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?

A carpenter must use certain tools, hammers, saws, chisels, to finish a job.

A carpenter must use certain tools hammers, saws, chisels -to finish a job.

A carpenter must use certain tools – hammers, saws, chisels to finish a job.

A carpenter must use certain tools- hammers, saws, chisels- to finish a job.

I think it is C

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None of these is correct as they are typed.

That's how it is

Notice the difference between hyphens (-) and dashes (--). They look different and they have different uses.

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/hyphen.htm

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/dash.htm

Re-think, and try again. Don't guess!

it should still be C right

No. C is incorrect.

nothing else seems to make sense

This sentence needs to read like this, and then it'll be correct:

A carpenter must use certain tools -- hammers, saws, chisels -- to finish a job.

Read up on dashes again to find out why.

I did, thank you.

You're welcome.