Question

Choose the option that best corrects the underlined part.
She was always happy and energetic positive and creative.
a) happy, energetic, positive, creative.
b) happy and energetic, positive and creative.
c) happy, energetic, positive, and creative…
d) NO CHANGE

Answer 1

Hint: There should be commas between different qualities. Commas are used in order to show a distinction between things, so as to show them as separate qualities. This makes it easier to understand the meaning of the sentence.

Complete answer:
While a period ends a sentence, a comma indicates a smaller break. Some writers think of a comma as a soft pause—a punctuation mark that separates words, clauses, or ideas within a sentence.
They are mainly used to separate words so as to not cause any confusion. In the given sentence, four qualities are mentioned, therefore, it is necessary to separate them in the correct way. This will help to clear up the meaning of the sentence and make it more grammatically correct. Between the penultimate and ultimate quality, the word ‘and’ is added to make the sentence complete.

Now, we know what commas are. Let’s look at the given options:

a) happy, energetic, positive, creative. - In this option, the first three commas are placed in the right place in the phrase. However, this option does not include ‘and’ in its last part, which is an integral part. This is not the required answer. So, this is an incorrect option.
b) happy and energetic, positive, and creative. - In this option, the first phrase is incorrect. There should be no ‘and’ between the first two qualities. This is not the required answer. So, this is an incorrect option.
c) happy, energetic, positive, and creative… - In this option, all commas are placed correctly and the word ‘and’ is also placed correctly. This is the required answer. So, this is the correct option.
d) NO CHANGE - We already know that this is an incorrect option because we have found the correct answer from the above-given options.

Note:
Look at the punctuation of each option. Go through each of the given options in order to find the correctly punctuated option. Then, choose the option accordingly.