Standard English ConventionsHardClosing a which-clause about a manuscript
Standard English Conventions practice question
The manuscript, which scholars had thought ____ turned up in a farmhouse attic.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. lost,Correct
- B. lost
- C. lost;
- D. lost, and
Answer: A. lost,
The which-clause opened with a comma must close with one.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. lost
- The closing comma is missing.
- C. lost;
- A semicolon splits the subject from its verb.
- D. lost, and
- The conjunction leaves the subject without a verb.
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