Standard English ConventionsEasy–MediumClosing comma after a which clause
Standard English Conventions practice question
The bakery, ____ opens at seven.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. which is next to the bank,Correct
- B. which is next to the bank
- C. which is next to the bank;
- D. which is next to the bank, it
Answer: A. which is next to the bank,
The clause is opened by a comma and closed by one before the verb.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. which is next to the bank
- Never closed.
- C. which is next to the bank;
- A semicolon leaves "opens at seven" as a fragment.
- D. which is next to the bank, it
- "it" doubles the subject.
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