Question

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

A.
We grated one-third of that hunk of cheddar cheese.

B.
Amy has collected forty three cans of food for the holiday food drive.

C.
Three quarters of the people who live in this house are female.

D.
The baseball park is one half mile down the road

Answer 1

The sentence that is punctuated correctly is, option A. We grated one-third of that hunk of cheddar cheese. We use a hyphen for the word "one-third" because it is a compound word. A compound word consists of two or more words joined together to form a new word and meaning.