Correcting Comma Errors Practice Test

Replace the underlined portion with the answer choice that results in a sentence that is clear, precise, and meets the requirements of standard written English. One of the answer choices repeats the underlined portion as it is written.

In a surprise move, the company’s board halted their announced layoffs, citing a sharp increase in profit margins, over the final quarter of the year.

Replace the underlined portion with the answer choice that results in a sentence that is clear, precise, and meets the requirements of standard written English.

For the first nineteen years of his life the young man had never traveled more than twenty miles from his hometown, but he was now preparing for a trip around the world.