Question

Read the sentence. Henry David Thoreau, often known as the father of environmentalism wrote the book entitled Walden. Which revision should be made so that the sentence is properly punctuated? place a dash after “environmentalism” remove the comma after “Thoreau” place parentheses around “entitled Walden” add a comma after “environmentalism”

Answer 1

Punctuation is an essential literary device without which major works of art would be meaningless. It is to be noted that even a comma can horrifically change the meaning of any statement.

Anyhow, the correct way of utilizing punctuation that is been missing in the given statement can be understood through my sentence below:

Henry David Thoreau, often known as "the father of environmentalism", wrote the book entitled "Walden."

Answer 2

I would put a comma after "environmentalism" because "often known as the father of environmentalism" is a modifier for "Henry David Thoreau".