Standard English ConventionsMediumCommas around an appositive
Standard English Conventions practice question
The ____ a retired trawler skipper, now runs the harbour's sailing school.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. instructor,Correct
- B. instructor
- C. instructor;
- D. instructor:
Answer: A. instructor,
'A retired trawler skipper' is a nonessential appositive closed by a comma, so it opens with one.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. instructor
- The appositive is closed but not opened.
- C. instructor;
- A semicolon can't open an appositive.
- D. instructor:
- Nor can a colon.
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