Standard English ConventionsMediumCommas around a nonessential 'whose' clause
Standard English Conventions practice question
The ____ whose family has farmed the valley for two centuries, spoke against the dam.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. farmer,Correct
- B. farmer
- C. farmer;
- D. farmer:
Answer: A. farmer,
'Whose family has farmed the valley' is nonessential and is closed by a comma, so it opens with one.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. farmer
- The clause is closed but not opened.
- C. farmer;
- A semicolon can't open a 'whose' clause.
- D. farmer:
- Nor can a colon.
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