Directions: Find the sentence/part of the sentence having an error/errors with regard to the usage of a comma.

(i) One afternoon they passed by the encampment of one of the tribes. (ii) “There’s no danger” the boy said, when they had moved on past the encampment. (iii) And suddenly, two horsemen appeared from behind the travellers.

Both part (i) and part (ii) have an error with regard to the usage of a comma. In part (i) of the sentence, a comma must be placed after the adverbial – One afternoon. In part (ii), a comma must be placed to mark off the direct speech from the rest of the sentence. In part (iii), the commas have been placed correctly. The correct form is - (i) One afternoon, they passed by the encampment of one of the tribes. (ii) “There’s no danger,” the boy said, when they had moved on past the encampment. (iii) And suddenly, two horsemen appeared from behind the travellers.