Standard English ConventionsHardCommas around a nonrestrictive participial phrase
Standard English Conventions practice question
The ____ built in 1820, is the only one of its design still lit.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. lighthouse,Correct
- B. lighthouse
- C. lighthouse;
- D. lighthouse:
Answer: A. lighthouse,
'Built in 1820' is nonessential and is closed by a comma, so it opens with one.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. lighthouse
- Closed but not opened.
- C. lighthouse;
- A semicolon can't open the phrase.
- D. lighthouse:
- Nor can a colon.
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