Standard English ConventionsMediumCommas around a nonessential participial phrase
Standard English Conventions practice question
The ____ carved in 1610 for the guild's chapel, is now in the town museum.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. screen,Correct
- B. screen
- C. screen;
- D. screen:
Answer: A. screen,
'Carved in 1610 for the guild's chapel' is nonessential and is closed by a comma, so it opens with one.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. screen
- The phrase is closed but not opened.
- C. screen;
- A semicolon can't open a phrase.
- D. screen:
- Nor can a colon.
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