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Question 7 • Language Arts 9

Read the sentence. Theodore Roosevelt the twenty-sixth president of the United States was the youngest president to ever hold office. Which revision of the sentence is now properly punctuated?

Answer
A
Theodore Roosevelt the twenty—sixth president of the United States—was the youngest president to ever hold office.
B
Theodore Roosevelt, the twenty-sixth president of the United States, was the youngest president to ever hold office.
C
Theodore Roosevelt, the twenty-sixth president of the United States was the youngest president to ever hold office.
D
Theodore Roosevelt the twenty-sixth president (of the United States) was the youngest president to ever hold office.
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