Question

Punctuate the following sentence:
why did you come late to the school
A. Why did you come, late to the school?
B. Why did you come late to the school?
C. Why did you come late, to the school?
D. Why did you come late, to the school.

Answer 1

Hint: A question mark is used at the end of an interrogative sentence. A comma is used to separate two independent clauses.

Complete Solution:
From the hint given to us, we know that a question mark is used at the end of an interrogative sentence. We also know that a comma is used to separate two independent clauses. Keeping these rules in mind, we shall be punctuating the given sentence.
The comma is used to separate two independent clauses or a minor clause from a major clause. However, we observe that the two clauses separated by the comma, are dependent upon each other. Hence, the comma has been wrongly placed. Thus, option A is not the correct answer.
The use of ‘why’ indicates an interrogative sentence. We observe that the question mark has been correctly placed at the end. Hence, option B is possibly the correct answer.
The question does not require a comma as both the clauses are not independent and are equally important. Hence, option C is not the correct answer.
The given sentence is an interrogative sentence and requires a question mark to be placed at the end of it. We observe that a full stop has been used instead of a question mark.
Hence, option D is not the correct answer.

Thus, we can conclude that option B is the correct answer.

Note: A comma is also used between separate objects. It is also used between two or more words belonging to the same part of speech.