Costa Rica bordered by Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the south, has a rich history and booming tourists industry.

Which of these sentences corrects the punctuation in the sentence?

A. Costa Rica bordered by Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the south has a richhistory and booming tourists industry.

B. Costa Rica, bordered by Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the south, has arich history and booming tourists industry.

C. Costa Rica bordered by Nicaragua to the north, and Panama to the north, and Panama to the south, has arich history and booming tourist industry.

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Alexis Levine

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18 September, 16:08

Costa Rica bordered by Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the south, has a rich history and booming tourists industry.

Which of these sentences corrects the punctuation in the sentence?

A. Costa Rica bordered by Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the south has a richhistory and booming tourists industry.

B. Costa Rica, bordered by Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the south, has arich history and booming tourists industry.

C. Costa Rica bordered by Nicaragua to the north, and Panama to the north, and Panama to the south, has arich history and booming tourist industry.

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Luciana Ruiz · Answer 1

The correct answer is (B). Costa Rica, bordered by Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the south, has a rich history and booming tourist industry.

The phrase "bordered by Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the south" is an appositive phase that should be framed by commas as it adds additional information to the subject of the sentence "Costa Rica".