Question

Choose the sentence with the correct punctuation marks :
I have bought a book two pens a pencil and an eraser.
a) I have bought a book ; two pens ; a pencil and an eraser.
b) I have bought a book - two pens - a pencil and an eraser.
c) I have bought a book, two pens, a pencil and an eraser.
d) I have bought a book , two pens ; a pencil and an eraser.

Answer 1

Hint: Punctuation mark is a mark, such as a full stop, comma or question mark, used in writing to separate sentences and their elements and to clarify meaning.

Complete answer:
Punctuation marks are symbols that are used to aid the clarity and comprehension of written language. Some common punctuation marks are the period, comma, question mark, exclamation point, apostrophe, quotation mark and hyphen. In the given question, a necessary punctuation mark is a comma, which we can clearly see. A comma separates independent clauses when they are joined by any of the coordinating conjunctions. Lack of punctuation marks leads to a grammatical error.
Let us examine all the given options to find out the correct answer :
Option 'a' has two semicolons, which is incorrect because semicolons are used to separate two independent clauses in a compound sentence.
Option 'b' has two hyphens, which are used between parts of a compound word or name. It is also used to split a word by syllables to fit on a line of text.
Option 'c' has two commas, which are perfectly used as per their use. Commas are used to separate phrases or items in a list. Which is perfectly suitable for the given sentence.
Option 'd' has a comma and semicolon which cannot be used in this sentence. Also, there is a space before a comma, which is grammatically incorrect.
As we have analysed all the given options, we can easily figure out the correct answer. Here, the sentence with the correct punctuation marks is - I have bought a book, two pens, a pencil and an eraser.

Hence, the correct answer is option 'c'.

Note: Space should not be there before a comma or a full stop because this comes under punctuation errors.