After the basketball game the students had a dance at the school.
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How should the sentence be correctly punctuated?
A) Add a comma after game.
B) Add a comma after dance.
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C) Change the period to a question mark.
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D) Add an apostrophe before the last s in students.
I believe it A the others don't make sense to me?
A is correct.
The answer is C
B is correct
To correctly punctuate the sentence, we need to consider the structure and meaning of the sentence.
The original sentence is: "After the basketball game the students had a dance at the school."
Let's examine each option:
A) Add a comma after game: "After the basketball game, the students had a dance at the school."
This option correctly adds a comma after "game," which helps to separate the two independent clauses in the sentence.
B) Add a comma after dance: This option is not necessary because there is no clause or phrase after "dance" that requires a comma.
C) Change the period to a question mark: This option is incorrect because the sentence is not a question but a statement.
D) Add an apostrophe before the last "s" in students: This option is unnecessary because "students" is already plural and does not require an apostrophe.
Therefore, the correct answer is A) "Add a comma after game." The corrected sentence would be: "After the basketball game, the students had a dance at the school."