Question

Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be thy name.
Choose the option that best corrects the underlined part.
(a)Our Father in Heaven
(b)Our Father, in Heaven
(c)Our Father, in Heaven,
(d)No change

Answer 1

Hint: Read the given sentence carefully. Find out the subject, predicate and object of the given sentence. Try to find the core meaning of the given sentence.
Complete answer: The given sentence is a part of a prayer. We have to find out any punctuation errors in this phrase. Comma splices occur when a comma separates two independent clauses. If each part could stand on its own as a complete sentence, you need to break them up. Similar to a comma splice, a complete lack of punctuation between two independent clauses is also a big no-no. Insert a semicolon or period for a quick fix.
Now, let us examine all the given options to figure out the correct option :
Option ‘a’ is Our Father in Heaven – This is an incorrect option as there is no ‘comma’ after ‘Heaven’. So, we will eliminate this option.
Option ‘b’ is Our Father, in Heaven – It cannot be the correct option as there would be no ‘comma’ after Father. So, we will eliminate this option as well.
Option ‘c’ is Our Father, in Heaven, - This is also an incorrect option as there will be only one comma and not two. So we will eliminate this option.
Option ‘d’ is No change. This option would be chosen if the other three options are incorrect, or the given sentence is already correct and doesn’t need any other changes. This is the correct option.
Note: The comma is a punctuation mark that appears in several variants in different languages. It has the same shape as an apostrophe or single closing quotation mark (‘) in many typefaces, but it differs from them in being placed on the baseline of the text.