Standard English ConventionsEasy–MediumAttaching an appositive
Standard English Conventions practice question
Marisol spent the summer restoring a 1962 sailboat ____ a project her grandfather had begun decades earlier.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. sailboat, a projectCorrect
- B. sailboat. A project
- C. sailboat; a project
- D. sailboat a project
Answer: A. sailboat, a project
'a project her grandfather had begun decades earlier' renames the sailboat. An appositive at the end of a sentence is attached with a comma.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. sailboat. A project
- A period leaves 'A project her grandfather had begun decades earlier' as a fragment — it has no main verb.
- C. sailboat; a project
- A semicolon needs a complete clause on each side; the appositive isn't one.
- D. sailboat a project
- With no mark, 'sailboat a project' runs two noun phrases together.
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