Standard English ConventionsEasy–MediumCommas around a pet's name
Standard English Conventions practice question
Our ____ came second in the county show.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. goat, Daisy,Correct
- B. goat Daisy,
- C. goat, Daisy
- D. goat Daisy
Answer: A. goat, Daisy,
"Daisy" renames the goat and is set off by a pair of commas.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. goat Daisy,
- The first comma is missing.
- C. goat, Daisy
- The second comma is missing.
- D. goat Daisy
- Both commas are missing.
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