Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Block 2 Practice Test

Which sentence is correctly punctuated?

It's a long run, but we can finish. Its a long run, but we can finish. Its a long run but we can finish. It's a long run, we can finish.

Correct Answer:

It's a long run, but we can finish.

Explanation:

This question tests how to join two independent clauses with a coordinating conjunction and how to use its vs. it’s correctly. You have two complete thoughts: “It’s a long run” and “we can finish.” When you link two independent clauses with a word like but, you usually put a comma before that word. Here, using it’s (it is) is the correct form, while its would be possessive and not fit the meaning. So the properly punctuated sentence is: It’s a long run, but we can finish. The other forms fail for simple reasons: using its instead of it’s changes the meaning; omitting the comma before but leaves the two clauses without proper separation; or using a comma without a conjunction creates a comma splice.

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