Standard English ConventionsMediumCommas around a nonessential participial phrase
Standard English Conventions practice question
The ____ built in 1911 for the mill's workers, are now the most sought-after houses in the town.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. terraces,Correct
- B. terraces
- C. terraces;
- D. terraces:
Answer: A. terraces,
'Built in 1911 for the mill's workers' is nonessential and is closed by a comma, so it opens with one.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. terraces
- The phrase is closed but not opened.
- C. terraces;
- A semicolon can't open a phrase.
- D. terraces:
- Nor can a colon.
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