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Problem

Sophia was eager to go to the office to see her new colleagues-if she could get a cab.

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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

Sophia was eager to go to the office to see her new colleagues-if she could get a cab. The sentence is incorrect due to the misuse of a dash.

Wrong No change

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Choice-B

Sophia was eager to go to the office to see her new colleagues : if she could get a cab. The sentence is incorrect due to the use of a colon in a way that doesn’t fit the context.

Wrong Colleagues : if

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Choice-C

Sophia was eager to go to the office to see her new colleagues if she could get a cab. The sentence is correct in terms of punctuation. It is a concise and grammatically sound statement that expresses a condition (seeing her new colleagues) contingent upon another condition (getting a cab).

Correct colleagues ; if

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Choice-D

Sophia was eager to go to the office to see her new colleagues.if she could get a cab. The sentence is incorrect due to the inappropriate use of a period after "colleagues."

Wrong Colleagues.if

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Step

Complete sentence - Sophia was eager to go to the office to see her new colleagues if she could get a cab.

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Answer

Option C

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Sumup

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