Standard English ConventionsHardDash pair around an interrupting list
Standard English Conventions practice question
The three ____ were all born in the same village.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. brothers — Tom, Ned, and Will —Correct
- B. brothers — Tom, Ned, and Will,
- C. brothers, Tom, Ned, and Will —
- D. brothers Tom, Ned, and Will
Answer: A. brothers — Tom, Ned, and Will —
A list containing commas is set off by dashes on both sides.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. brothers — Tom, Ned, and Will,
- A dash opens and a comma closes: mismatched.
- C. brothers, Tom, Ned, and Will —
- A comma opens and a dash closes: mismatched.
- D. brothers Tom, Ned, and Will
- No punctuation at all makes the sentence hard to read.
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