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Problem

Choose the option based on the correct usage of commas for the underlined words.

Complementary foods should include a variety of food. groups to ensure optimal nutrition for infants and young children.

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Clue

Punctuations help end, pause, and emphasize certain sentence parts.

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Hint

A comma separates a phrase and clause in a sentence.

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Sumup

Please summarize steps

Choices

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Choice-A

"Complementary foods should include a variety of food. groups to ensure optimal nutrition for infants and young children." The sentence is incorrect due to the improper use of period between "food" and "groups" (food. groups).A period breaks the sentence improperly."food. groups to ensure…​" becomes a fragment, which is grammatically incorrect.

Wrong No change

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Choice-B

"Complementary foods should include a variety of food groups to ensure optimal nutrition for infants and young children." The sentence is correct because it contains no unnecessary commas and accurately combines "food groups" which is a compound noun and used as a single noun phrase, maintaining clarity and proper structure for conveying its intended meaning.

Correct food groups

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Choice-C

"Complementary foods should include a variety of food: groups to ensure optimal nutrition for infants and young children." The sentence is incorrect in terms of grammar. A colon is used to introduce a list or explanation. That’s not appropriate here.

Wrong food:groups

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Choice-D

"Complementary foods should include a variety of food' groups to ensure optimal nutrition for infants and young children." The sentence is incorrect due to the misplaced apostrophe in "food' groups." The correct form is "food groups" without an apostrophe, as it indicates a plural noun without possession.

Wrong foods' groups

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Step

Complete sentence - Complementary foods should include a variety of food groups to ensure optimal nutrition for infants and young children.

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Answer

Option

B

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Sumup

Please summarize choices