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The sea being choppy the ship sailed to a closer port.
Choose the option that best corrects the underlined words.
  1. choppy, the ship
  2. choppy; the ship
  3. choppy - the ship
  4. NO CHANGE

A
choppy; the ship
B
choppy - the ship
C
choppy, the ship
D
NO CHANGE
Solution
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In the given sentence, the words 'the sea being choppy' act as the nominative absolute. It is a free-standing part of the sentence, that describes the subject and the verb. It always takes a comma after it when it begins the sentence.
Therefore, the sentence requires a comma after the word 'choppy'.
Thus, the correct answer must be Option A.

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