Standard English ConventionsMediumSetting off a clause about an old oak
Standard English Conventions practice question
The old ____ which had stood for two centuries, was felled in the storm.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. oak,Correct
- B. oak;
- C. oak
- D. oak, and
Answer: A. oak,
The which-clause is set off by a pair of commas, and the second is already there.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. oak;
- A semicolon cannot open the clause.
- C. oak
- The opening comma is missing.
- D. oak, and
- The conjunction breaks the sentence.
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