Standard English ConventionsMediumCommas around an appositive naming a person
Standard English Conventions practice question
The ____ Ines Marr, trained in Japan for six years.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. potter,Correct
- B. potter
- C. potter;
- D. potter:
Answer: A. potter,
'Ines Marr' is a nonessential appositive closed by a comma, so it opens with one.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. potter
- Closed but not opened.
- C. potter;
- A semicolon can't open an appositive.
- D. potter:
- Nor can a colon.
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