Standard English ConventionsHardClosing a clause about winners
Standard English Conventions practice question
The winners, whose names were read out ____ received their prizes on stage.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. last,Correct
- B. last
- C. last;
- D. last, and
Answer: A. last,
The whose-clause opened with a comma must close with one.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. last
- The closing comma is missing.
- C. last;
- A semicolon splits the subject from its verb.
- D. last, and
- The conjunction leaves the subject without a verb.
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