Question

What a beautiful day it is.
Choose the option that best corrects the underlined word.
a. is?
b. is!
c. is...
d. no change

Answer 1

Hint: Punctuations are conventional signs or symbols which aid to the understanding the context and correct reading of written text.

Complete answer:
We observe that the given sentence is exclamatory in nature due to its construction. However, it uses an incorrect punctuation mark. Let us analyse the given options in order to find the correct punctuation mark.

> “Is?” uses a question mark. A question mark is used at the end of an interrogative sentence. An interrogative sentence is used to ask questions.
For example: Is she okay?
We observe that it does not fit the context of the given sentence. Hence, we can say that option ‘a’ is not the correct answer.

> “Is!” uses an exclamation mark. An exclamation mark is used at the end of an exclamatory sentence. An exclamatory sentence is used to express a strong emotion.
For example: How kind of you!
We observe that it fits the context of the given sentence. Hence, we can say that option ‘b’ is the correct answer.

> “Is...” uses ellipses. Ellipses is used to convey that the sentence has been left incomplete.
For example: I don’t really know what to say to this but…
We observe that it does not fit the context of the given sentence. Hence, we can say that option ‘c’ is not the correct answer.

> None of the above is not a valid answer as option ‘b’ is the correct answer.

Hence, we can conclude that option ‘b’ - “is!” is the correct answer.

Note: Both exclamatory and interrogative sentences use wh- words. However, one needs to understand the meaning conveyed by the sentence in order to differentiate between the two.