Standard English ConventionsHardOpening a parenthetical about delegates
Standard English Conventions practice question
Most of the ____ some of whom had travelled overnight, were asleep before the lecture began.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. delegates,Correct
- B. delegates
- C. delegates;
- D. delegates, and
Answer: A. delegates,
The aside is set off by a pair of commas, and the second is already there.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. delegates
- The opening comma is missing.
- C. delegates;
- A semicolon cannot open an aside.
- D. delegates, and
- The conjunction breaks the sentence.
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