Question

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which sentence below uses proper capitalization?
jackie joyner-kersee overcame severe asthma to win six olympic medals in track and field.
jackie joyner-kersee overcame severe asthma to win six olympic medals in track and field.
jackie joyner-kersee overcame severe asthma to win six olympic medals in track and field.
jackie joyner-kersee overcame severe asthma to win six olympic medals in track and field.

Explanation:

1. In the first option, "Medals" is incorrectly capitalized as "Olympic Medals" should have "medals" in lowercase (common noun after a proper adjective).
2. In the third option, "Asthma" and "Track and Field" are incorrectly capitalized. "Asthma" is a common noun and should be lowercase, and "track and field" is a common noun phrase (unless it's part of an official name with specific capitalization rules, which it isn't in this context).
3. In the fourth option, "Track And Field" has an incorrect capitalization of "And" (should be lowercase as it's a common noun phrase).
4. The second option correctly capitalizes the proper noun "Jackie Joyner - Kersee" and the proper adjective "Olympic", while keeping common nouns ("asthma", "medals", "track and field") in lowercase.

Answer:

B. Jackie Joyner - Kersee overcame severe asthma to win six Olympic medals in track and field.