Standard English ConventionsVery hardClosing a nested clause in a compound subject
Standard English Conventions practice question
Neither the captain, who had sailed the strait a dozen times, nor the pilot, who had grown up on its ____ had seen ice so far south in May.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. shore,Correct
- B. shore;
- C. shore
- D. shore, and
Answer: A. shore,
The second who-clause must close with a comma before the main verb.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. shore;
- A semicolon splits the subject from its verb.
- C. shore
- The closing comma is missing.
- D. shore, and
- The conjunction leaves the subject without a verb.
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