Standard English ConventionsHardCommas around an appositive describing two bridges
Standard English Conventions practice question
The two ____ were built a century apart.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. bridges, one of stone and one of steel,Correct
- B. bridges, one of stone and one of steel
- C. bridges one of stone and one of steel,
- D. bridges; one of stone and one of steel,
Answer: A. bridges, one of stone and one of steel,
The appositive phrase is set off by a pair of commas.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. bridges, one of stone and one of steel
- The second comma is missing.
- C. bridges one of stone and one of steel,
- The first comma is missing.
- D. bridges; one of stone and one of steel,
- A semicolon cannot open an appositive.
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