Read the following sentence. the dance committee hung (the decorations)—blue and gold streamers—on the morning of prom. which of these correctly edits the sentence for punctuation mistakes? a). the dance committee hung the decorations—blue and gold streamers—on the morning of prom. b). the dance committee—hung the decorations, blue and gold streamers, on the morning of prom. c). the dance committee hung the decorations—blue and gold streamers, on the morning of prom. d). the dance committee, hung the decorations blue and gold streamers, on the morning of prom.

A-The dance committee hung the decorations—blue and gold streamers—on the morning of prom.

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The correct answer is A. The dance committee hung the decorations—blue and gold streamers—on the morning of prom.

Explanation:

In grammar em dashes (—) are used to replace brackets, commas or similar punctuation marks and add extra information related to the main sentence. This means em-dashes should enclose information that acts as a comment, example, explanation or remark.

According to this, the sentence presented should be edited as "The dance committee hung the decorations—blue and gold streamers—on the morning of prom" because in this way the em dashes enclosed extra information (blue and gold streamers) about the type of decorations. Also, this option omits the use of parentheses to enclose "the decorations" as this is incorrect because this is essential rather than extra information and therefore parentheses should not be used.

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