Standard English ConventionsMediumCommas around a nonessential 'who' clause
Standard English Conventions practice question
The ____ who has swept the chimney every autumn for thirty years, says this one is the tallest in the town.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. sweep,Correct
- B. sweep
- C. sweep;
- D. sweep:
Answer: A. sweep,
'Who has swept the chimney every autumn for thirty years' is nonessential and is closed by a comma, so it opens with one.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. sweep
- The clause is closed but not opened.
- C. sweep;
- A semicolon can't open a 'who' clause.
- D. sweep:
- Nor can a colon.
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