Question

Choose the option that best corrects the given sentences:
During the autumn, geese migrate from Canada to various parts of Europe.
A) During the Autumn, geese migrate from Canada to various parts of Europe.
B) During the autumn, geese migrate from canada to various parts of europe.
C) during the autumn, geese migrate from Canada to various parts of Europe.
D) NO CHANGE

Answer 1

Hint:The most common punctuation marks in English are: capital letters and full stops, question marks, commas, colons and semicolons, exclamation marks and quotation marks.

Complete answer:
Option A) During the Autumn, geese migrate from Canada to various parts of Europe – is an incorrect option because ‘Autumn’ is in capital letter and we do not want it in capital thus, instead of Autumn it should be ‘autumn’. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

Option B) During the autumn, geese migrate from canada to various parts of Europe – is an incorrect answer because the name of the country should be in capital letter i.e. instead of canada should be ‘Canada’ and europe should be in ‘Europe’. So, this is an incorrect answer.

Option C) during the autumn, geese migrate from Canada to various parts of Europe – is an incorrect answer because the first letter of the sentence should be capital, so, during should be ‘During’. So, this is an incorrect answer.

Option D) NO CHANGE – is the correct answer because ‘During the autumn, geese migrate from Canada to various parts of Europe’ already follows the rule of punctuation i.e. countries are in capital letters and first letter is in capital letter. Thus, this is the correct answer.

Hence, the correct answer is Option ‘D’.

Note:Capital letters are used for the first letter of the first word of a sentence and for proper nouns. In other words, capitalize the names of people, specific places, and things. Here, 'Canada' and 'Europe' are proper nouns, so must be capitalized. 'During' is the first word at the start of the sentence, so must also be capitalized. Hence, the correct option is D as compared to any other option.