How should the reader address the commas when reading? "just before last new year's eve, carl and kathy hennige of folsom, california e-mailed their local newspaper to report some strange weather. it was raining fish." a. pause at the commas for three seconds c. pause as long as you need to b. pause just long enough to take a breath d. none of these

When reading, the reader should address the commas by pausing just long enough to take a breath. The correct answer is b (please, pay attention because options are not in order, b is the third option given).

Explanation:

When reading, you have to address the different punctuation marks without mentioning them, of course. In order to do this, we take pauses or read in a certain tone. In the case of the comma, we are suggested to take a short pause, just a second will be enough, a moment long enough to take a breath. In cases such as a period or the start of a new paragraph, the pauses are going to be longer. The comma and the semicolon need the shortest pauses.

in our power to make a world happy - to teach mankind the art of being so - to a character hitherto unknown - and to have, as it were, a new creation intrusted to our hands, are honors that command reflection, and can neither be too highly estimated,