Standard English ConventionsVery hardNonrestrictive whose clause
Standard English Conventions practice question
The lighthouse's last keeper, ____ retired in 1998.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. whose logbooks fill six shelves of the town archive,Correct
- B. whose logbooks fill six shelves of the town archive
- C. whose logbooks fill six shelves of the town archive;
- D. his logbooks fill six shelves of the town archive,
Answer: A. whose logbooks fill six shelves of the town archive,
The "whose" clause is nonessential and is closed with a comma.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. whose logbooks fill six shelves of the town archive
- Opened but not closed.
- C. whose logbooks fill six shelves of the town archive;
- A semicolon leaves fragments.
- D. his logbooks fill six shelves of the town archive,
- "his logbooks fill" is an independent clause, making a comma splice.
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