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Medium Reading and Writing · Standard English Conventions · None · MCQ

The first time the young boy saw the large, white house, it felt more like an amusement park than a place to live. The house had a carousel that went all the way around, an enormous, colorful swing set, and a sandbox so big, it looked like it could hold a hundred children. The house even had a private ice cream parlor, complete with a giant ice cream cone fountain. He wondered what it would be like to live there.

Which choice best corrects the punctuation error in the passage?

A
The first time the young boy saw the large, white house, it felt more like an amusement park than a place to live. The house had a carousel that went all the way around, an enormous, colorful swing set, and a sandbox so big, it looked like it could hold a hundred children. The house even had a private ice cream parlor, complete with a giant ice cream cone fountain. He wondered what it would be like to live there.
B
The first time the young boy saw the large, white house, it felt more like an amusement park than a place to live. The house had a carousel that went all the way around, an enormous, colorful swing set, and a sandbox so big; it looked like it could hold a hundred children. The house even had a private ice cream parlor, complete with a giant ice cream cone fountain. He wondered what it would be like to live there.
C
The first time the young boy saw the large, white house, it felt more like an amusement park than a place to live. The house had a carousel that went all the way around an enormous, colorful swing set, and a sandbox so big, it looked like it could hold a hundred children. The house even had a private ice cream parlor, complete with a giant ice cream cone fountain. He wondered what it would be like to live there.
D
The first time the young boy saw the large, white house, it felt more like an amusement park than a place to live. The house had a carousel that went all the way around, an enormous, colorful swing set, and a sandbox so big, it looked like it could hold a hundred children; the house even had a private ice cream parlor, complete with a giant ice cream cone fountain. He wondered what it would be like to live there.

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