Standard English ConventionsHardEssential appositive name
Standard English Conventions practice question
The physicist ____ awarded the medal for her work on radioactivity.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. physicist Marie Curie wasCorrect
- B. physicist, Marie Curie, was
- C. physicist, Marie Curie was
- D. physicist Marie Curie, was
Answer: A. physicist Marie Curie was
'Marie Curie' tells us WHICH physicist — it's essential to identify her, since there are many physicists. An essential appositive takes no commas.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. physicist, Marie Curie, was
- Commas around the name would imply there is only one physicist in the world and her name is an aside.
- C. physicist, Marie Curie was
- A single comma after 'physicist' has no partner and cuts the noun from the name that identifies it.
- D. physicist Marie Curie, was
- A single comma after the name separates the subject from its verb 'was'.
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