EXPLANATION
E4. Identify the sentence with correct punctuation:
a) She went to the store and bought milk, bread, and butter.
b) She went to the store and bought milk bread and butter.
c) She went to the store and bought milk, bread and butter.
d) She went to the store and bought milk bread, and butter.
ANSWER: a) She went to the store and bought milk, bread, and butter.
EXPLANATION:
The sentence with correct punctuation is:
a) She went to the store and bought milk, bread, and butter.
In this sentence, the commas are used correctly to separate the items in a list ("milk," "bread," and "butter"). Each item is properly separated by a comma, and the final item ("butter") is preceded by a comma before the conjunction "and." This is the standard convention for punctuating a series of items in a sentence.
Option b does not use any punctuation to separate the items in the list, which is incorrect. Option c omits the comma before the conjunction "and," which is necessary for proper punctuation. Option d incorrectly places a comma after "bread" but before "and," creating incorrect punctuation.
