Standard English ConventionsHardCommas around an appositive with a date
Standard English Conventions practice question
The ____ a converted chapel, opened as a theatre in 1979.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. building,Correct
- B. building
- C. building;
- D. building—
Answer: A. building,
The appositive 'a converted chapel' is set off by commas.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. building
- The appositive is left open.
- C. building;
- A semicolon splits the subject.
- D. building—
- A dash does not match the closing comma.
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