Question

1. choose the correct placement of the parentheses and commas in the sentence. mr. taylor painted the bedroom pink pink being his daughters favorite color. mr. taylor painted the (bedroom pink) pink being his daughters favorite color. (mr. taylor painted) the bedroom pink pink being his daughters favorite color. mr. taylor painted the bedroom pink (pink being his daughters favorite color). mr. taylor painted the bedroom pink pink being his daughters (favorite) color. 2. choose the best combined sentence using the two sentences. the golfers shot was wide. the shot was out of bounds. the golfers wide shot was out of bounds. the wide golfer shot out of bounds. the out of bounds shot was wide of the golfer. the golfers shot was wide of out of bounds.

Explanation:

Question 1

We need to place parentheses to clarify the additional information. The phrase "pink being his daughter's favorite color" is an explanation for why he painted the bedroom pink. So placing parentheses around this phrase makes the sentence clear. Let's analyze each option:

• Option 1: "Mr. Taylor painted the (bedroom pink) pink being his daughter's favorite color." This is incorrect as it misplaces the parentheses; the part in parentheses doesn't make sense as an explanation.
• Option 2: "(Mr. Taylor painted) the bedroom pink pink being his daughter's favorite color." This is incorrect as it puts the main action in parentheses, which is not the additional information.
• Option 3: "Mr. Taylor painted the bedroom pink (pink being his daughter's favorite color)." This is correct as the parentheses enclose the explanatory phrase.
• Option 4: "Mr. Taylor painted the bedroom pink pink being his daughter's (favorite) color." This is incorrect as it only parenthesizes "favorite" which doesn't clarify the relationship between the two parts of the sentence.

We need to combine the two sentences "The golfer's shot was wide." and "The shot was out of bounds." into one coherent sentence. Let's analyze each option:

• Option 1: "The golfer's wide shot was out of bounds." This combines the ideas correctly by using "wide" to describe the shot and stating it was out of bounds.
• Option 2: "The wide golfer shot out of bounds." This is incorrect as it misplaces the adjective "wide" and the meaning is distorted (it sounds like the golfer is wide and shot out of bounds).
• Option 3: "The out of bounds shot was wide of the golfer." This is incorrect as it changes the meaning; the original was about the golfer's shot being wide and out of bounds, not a shot being wide of the golfer.
• Option 4: "The golfer's shot was wide of out of bounds." This is incorrect grammatically and doesn't make sense.

Answer:

C. Mr. Taylor painted the bedroom pink (pink being his daughter's favorite color).

Question 2