Standard English ConventionsMediumCommas around a name in apposition
Standard English Conventions practice question
Our ____ Mr Okafor, has taught at the school for thirty years.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. headteacher,Correct
- B. headteacher
- C. headteacher;
- D. headteacher—
Answer: A. headteacher,
The name is an appositive set off by commas.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. headteacher
- The appositive is left open.
- C. headteacher;
- A semicolon splits the subject.
- D. headteacher—
- A dash does not match the closing comma.
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