Standard English ConventionsMediumCommas around an appositive naming a person
Standard English Conventions practice question
The ____ Dr Amara Osei, will present the findings at the conference in May.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. lead researcher,Correct
- B. lead researcher
- C. lead researcher;
- D. lead researcher—
Answer: A. lead researcher,
'Dr Amara Osei' is an appositive closed by a comma, so it opens with one.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. lead researcher
- The appositive is closed by a comma but not opened.
- C. lead researcher;
- A semicolon can't open an appositive.
- D. lead researcher—
- A dash needs a matching dash, not the comma that follows.
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