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Problem

Issac Newton was a famous scientist born in the seventeenth century- His first invention was the Reflecting telescope.

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Clue

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

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Hint

Commas separate phrases and clauses, a period ends a sentence, and a semicolon is used to join two logically connected independent clauses together, the dash is used to provide additional information that complements the main purpose of the sentence.

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Sumup

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Step

CHOICES

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Choice-A

Issac Newton was a famous scientist born in the seventeenth century- His first invention was the Reflecting telescope. The sentence is incorrect due to the incorrect use of a hyphen to connect two independent clauses.

Wrong No change

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Choice-B

Issac Newton was a famous scientist born in the Seventeenth-century. His first invention was the Reflecting telescope. The sentence is correct in terms of punctuation. A period is used to separate the two independent clauses, providing a clear division between the statements about Isaac Newton. The capitalization of "Seventeenth-century" is also appropriate, and the sentences are structured correctly to convey information about Newton and his invention.

Correct Seventeenth-century.

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Choice-C

Issac Newton was a famous scientist born in the Seventeenth century: His first invention was the Reflecting telescope. The sentence is incorrect due to the use of a colon after "Seventeenth century." A colon is typically used to introduce a list, explanation, or elaboration, but it’s not the most suitable punctuation mark to connect two independent clauses in this context.

Wrong Seventeenth century:

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Choice-D

Issac Newton was a famous scientist born in the seventeenth century His first invention was the Reflecting telescope. The sentence is incorrect due to the lack of punctuation between the two independent clauses. To separate two complete thoughts in a compound sentence, you generally need a punctuation mark, such as a period, semicolon, or conjunction.

Wrong Seventeenth-centuries

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Step

Complete sentence - Issac Newton was a famous scientist born in the Seventeenth-century. His first invention was the Reflecting telescope.

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Answer

Option B

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Sumup

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