Standard English ConventionsMediumCommas around a nonessential 'which' clause
Standard English Conventions practice question
The ____ which was rebuilt after the 1953 flood, now carries the coast road.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. causeway,Correct
- B. causeway
- C. causeway;
- D. causeway:
Answer: A. causeway,
'Which was rebuilt after the 1953 flood' is nonessential and is closed by a comma, so it opens with one.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. causeway
- The clause is closed but not opened.
- C. causeway;
- A semicolon can't open a 'which' clause.
- D. causeway:
- Nor can a colon.
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