Question

read this sentence. around the winter holidays, store owners keep longer hours, because they know holiday shoppers bring in extra money. how should this sentence be corrected? around the winter holidays, store owners keep longer hours because, they know holiday shoppers bring in extra money. around the winter holidays, store owners keep longer hours because they know holiday shoppers bring in extra money. around the winter holidays, store owners keep longer hours. because, they know holiday shoppers bring in extra money.

Answer 1

The correct answer is...

Around the winter holidays, store owners keep longer hours because they know holiday shoppers bring in extra money.

Answer 2

Around the winter holidays, store owners keep longer hours because they know holiday shoppers bring in extra money.

Step-by-step explanation:

The original sentence contains a comma which separates the independent clause Around the winter holidays, store owners keep longer hours from the subordinate clause because they know holiday shoppers bring in extra money. As a result, unless the subordinate clause comes first, the comma is incorrect.