Which of the following sentences uses correct punctuation?
A. I walked through the carnival quickly, and cautiously.
B. Jase was older than Mark, but he was not older than Joe.
C. The forest was dark and green, it also smelled like pine.
D. The horse knows how the path follows the river, and can guide you to the camp.
Answer:B
Which of the following sentences uses correct punctuation?
A. I walked through the carnival quickly, and cautiously. B. Jase was older than Mark, but he was not older than Joe. C. The forest was dark and green, it also smelled like pine. D. The horse knows how the path follows the river, and can guide you to the camp.
Explanation: In the sentence “The forest was dark and green, it also smelled like pine.”, the comma should be a semicolon, since these are two independent clauses that are related. In the sentence “I walked through the carnival quickly, and cautiously., ” there is no reason to add a comma to the phrase “quickly and cautiously.” In the sentence The horse knows how the path follows the river and can guide you to the camp., the semicolon is used inappropriately.