Question

Choose the option that best corrects the word ‘plane?’ In the given sentence-
Won’t we get to California quicker if we travel by plane?
a. Plane.
b. Plane!
c. Plane...
d. No change.

Answer 1

Hint : The word ‘plane?’ has a question mark with it, which is used when someone is asking a question or a query.

Complete step by step answer :
The given statement is an interrogative statement, it asks a question. Here, ‘won’t we' is a contraction of ‘will we not', and ‘will' can be used to create a question in the future tense. Hence, the statement will end with a question mark(?).
Let us examine the options and find out the correct answer :
Option ‘a’ is Plane. A full stop(.) is used in this option. It is generally in declarative and imperative sentences, hence, cannot be used here.
Option ‘b’ is Plane! It has an exclamation mark(!), which is used in exclamatory sentences. Hence, this option can also not be the correct answer.
Option ‘c' is Plane... This is ending with an ellipsis mark(...), which is used to indicate an omission of words in a line or paragraph. The ellipsis mark is used in the end of a sentence to indicate a trailing off of thought. The sentence that has an ellipsis at the end will still require a full stop, exclamation mark or a question mark to end the sentence. If you replace the word ‘plane?’ by ‘plane...’, it will be incorrect because the question mark must still be there to indicate the end of the question.
Option ‘d’ is No change. The given sentence is an interrogative sentence, which means that it has to end with a question mark. And, the given sentence is already ending with a question mark.
So, option ‘d’ is the correct answer.

Note : An ellipsis can be used to convey a lot of meanings in a sentence, such as, ‘... .’ – for statements. ‘...!’ – for exclamatory sentences, and ‘...?’ – for questions. A sentence can never end with only an ellipsis, and if it does, it is an incorrect sentence.