Standard English ConventionsEasyCommas around who is ten
Standard English Conventions practice question
My ____ loves to play chess.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. cousin, who is ten,Correct
- B. cousin who is ten,
- C. cousin, who is ten
- D. cousin who is ten
Answer: A. cousin, who is ten,
"who is ten" is extra information about the cousin and takes a comma on each side.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. cousin who is ten,
- The first comma is missing.
- C. cousin, who is ten
- The second comma is missing.
- D. cousin who is ten
- Both commas are missing.
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