Standard English ConventionsHardCommas around a nonrestrictive phrase naming a place
Standard English Conventions practice question
The ferry to the ____ leaves from the old harbour.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. island, a two-hour crossing,Correct
- B. island, a two-hour crossing
- C. island a two-hour crossing,
- D. island; a two-hour crossing,
Answer: A. island, a two-hour crossing,
The appositive "a two-hour crossing" is set off by a pair of commas.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. island, a two-hour crossing
- The second comma is missing.
- C. island a two-hour crossing,
- The first comma is missing.
- D. island; a two-hour crossing,
- A semicolon cannot open an appositive.
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