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Problem

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

The commerce ministry officials at present are negotiating, several FTAs with countries, including the UK, Canada, and European Union.

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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

"The commerce ministry officials at present are negotiating, several FTAs with countries, including the UK, Canada, and European Union." The sentence is incorrect due to the unnecessary comma after "negotiating." It disrupts the flow of the sentence and creates a comma splice.

Wrong No change

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Choice-B

"The commerce ministry officials at present are negotiating. several FTAs with countries, including the UK, Canada, and European Union." The sentence is grammatically incorrect due to the unnecessary period after "negotiating" It should be corrected to form a meaningful sentence.

Wrong negotiating.several

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Choice-C

"The commerce ministry officials at present are negotiating several FTAs with countries, including the UK, Canada, and European Union." The sentence is correct because there is no punctuation between the verb "negotiating" and its direct object "several FTAs" making it grammatically correct.

Correct negotiating sevaral

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Choice-D

"The commerce ministry officials at present are negotiating: several FTAs with countries, including the UK, Canada, and European Union." The colon after "negotiating" is incorrect. A colon should introduce a list only after a complete sentence.

Wrong negotiating:several

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Step

Complete sentence - The commerce ministry officials at present are negotiating several FTAs with countries, including the UK, Canada, and European Union.

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Answer

Option

C

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Sumup

Please summarize choices