Standard English ConventionsMediumComma before a closing appositive
Standard English Conventions practice question
The prize for best short film went to Priya Nair ____ second-year student from Leeds.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. Nair, aCorrect
- B. Nair a
- C. Nair; a
- D. Nair. A
Answer: A. Nair, a
'a second-year student from Leeds' renames Priya Nair — an appositive adding information. At the end of a sentence it is set off with a comma.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Nair a
- Without a comma, 'Priya Nair a second-year student' runs the name into its description.
- C. Nair; a
- A semicolon needs a complete clause on each side; the appositive isn't one.
- D. Nair. A
- 'A second-year student from Leeds' is a fragment.
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