Standard English ConventionsHardNo punctuation between a subject and its verb after a modifier
Standard English Conventions practice question
The letters written by the lighthouse keeper to his ____ are kept in the county archive.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. daughterCorrect
- B. daughter,
- C. daughter;
- D. daughter—
Answer: A. daughter
The phrase 'written by the lighthouse keeper to his daughter' identifies the letters and is part of the subject; nothing separates it from the verb.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. daughter,
- A comma splits subject and verb.
- C. daughter;
- A semicolon splits subject and verb.
- D. daughter—
- A dash splits subject and verb.
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