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.

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

A comma separates a phrase and clause in a sentence.

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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 comma between "food" and "groups." "Food groups" is a single phrase, and no comma should separate the two words.

food, groups

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" as a single noun phrase, maintaining clarity and proper structure for conveying its intended meaning.

food groups

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, as it uses inappropriate punctuation. The colon after "food" is misused. Colon introduces lists or texts where the given sentence does not include lists.

food: groups

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.

food' groups

Correct sentence

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

Option

B

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