Question

memo
to all graduating seniors at montgomery high school
from principal mrs. dean
date april 12, 2020
re important information about the senior carnival
please be advised that our twenty-first annual senior carnival will be held on may 7, 2010 at 5:00 p.m. seniors are welcome to attend this event with their families. entry admission for students will be free, but family members will be required to pay a minimal fee. the cafeteria staff will provide funnel cakes and hot dogs, as well as gluten free options. additionally, our favorite physics teacher, dr. penault, will perform karaoke songs at the carnival. the first thirty - five seniors who arrive at the carnival will receive gift bags with t - shirts, books, and backpacks.
what change, if any, should be made to the first sentence of this memo to correct any punctuation errors?
a. please be advised that our twenty - first annual senior carnival will be held on may 7, 2010 at 5:00 p.m.
b. please be advised that our twenty first annual senior - carnival will be held on may 7, 2010 at 5:00 p.m.
c. please be advised that our twenty - first annual senior - carnival will be held on may 7, 2010 at 5:00 p.m.
d. no change

Explanation:

To determine the correct punctuation, we analyze the options:

• Option B: "Twenty First" should be hyphenated as "Twenty - First" (for the ordinal number), and "Senior - Carnival" is incorrect as "Senior Carnival" is a single event name without a hyphen.
• Option C: "Senior - Carnival" is incorrect; the event name is "Senior Carnival" without a hyphen.
• Option A: "Twenty - First" is correctly hyphenated (for the ordinal number), and "Senior Carnival" is correctly written without an unnecessary hyphen. The original sentence (implied, as D is "NO CHANGE" but the correct punctuation for the ordinal and the event name matches A's structure when considering the original memo's likely intended correct form). Wait, actually, let's re - evaluate. The key is ordinal numbers: "Twenty - First" is the correct way to write the ordinal (21st), and the event name "Senior Carnival" should not have a hyphen. So option A has the correct hyphen for the ordinal and the correct event name formatting. Option D would be correct only if the original sentence (from the memo) had correct punctuation, but the original memo's first sentence (partially visible) likely has "Twenty First" which should be "Twenty - First". So the correct option is A.

Answer:

A. Please be advised that our Twenty - First Annual Senior Carnival will be held on May 7, 2010 at 5:00 p.m.