Which sentence contains an error in punctuation?
select one:
a. the science book had one hundred thirty-five pages.
b. he ran twenty laps around the track.
c. the committee needs the following items: forty five chairs, fifteen candles, and twenty yards of white muslin.
d. sixteen boys and nine girls registered for the community center's art class.

i would like to make sure.. is it b?

C.

Explanation: Sentence C is the one that breaks the rule for hyphenating compound numbers (i.e., numbers made of more than one word) from twenty one through ninety-nine. That rule does not apply to smaller numbers (like "sixteen" in option d) because those are already fused into a single word.

for example: in, he, a,from

anyone who was dealing with communism in soviet union in his time had an ideal picture of equality, freedom, the struggle of the working class for a better future, the success of the aristocracy's overthrow and the emancipation of subjugation.   however, anyone who would go to soviet union to see the functioning of the communist system, would be convinced that it was about sad people, about everyday bad life, about the brutal attitude of communist leaders, about ill obsession to completely exterminate every thought on aristocracy. thus, orwell wanted to show all the absurdity, the brutality of the system, the unbearable rule of suspicious morality, the ignorant people who try to play professionally.

the answers are: b. and e.