Standard English ConventionsHardCommas around a nonessential participial phrase
Standard English Conventions practice question
The old ____ closed since the war, has been bought by a bakery.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. forge,Correct
- B. forge
- C. forge;
- D. forge:
Answer: A. forge,
'Closed since the war' is nonessential and set off by commas.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. forge
- The phrase is left open.
- C. forge;
- A semicolon splits the subject.
- D. forge:
- A colon splits the subject.
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