Multiple choice

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

(i) Unlike any computer, we remember, reconsider, and change our minds. (ii) The universe was created once, but we re-create ourselves with every thought. (iii) Everything in short depends upon how well you can build in silence.

  1. Only (i)

  2. Only (ii)

  3. Both (i) and (ii)

  4. Only (iii)

  5. No error
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Explanation

Only part (iii) has an error with regard to the usage of a comma. In part (iii) of the sentence, commas must be placed to enclose the additional thought – in short. (iii) Everything, in short, depends upon how well you can build in silence. In part (i) and part (ii), the commas have been placed correctly.

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