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Standard English ConventionsVery hardSetting off a parenthetical about the mayor

Standard English Conventions practice question

Every ____ the mayor included, signed the petition.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

  1. A. councillor,Correct
  2. B. councillor
  3. C. councillor;
  4. D. councillor, and

Answer: A. councillor,

The aside the mayor included is set off by a pair of commas.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. councillor
The opening comma of the pair is missing.
C. councillor;
A semicolon leaves a fragment before it.
D. councillor, and
The conjunction makes the mayor a second subject with no sense.

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