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QuizMultiple Choice

Punctuating Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Elements

Question 13 • GA-Literature and Composition I

Which sentence contains a nonrestrictive clause that is punctuated correctly?

Answer
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My boss—who was recently promoted again is great at motivating her employees.
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My boss, who was recently promoted again, is great at motivating her employees.
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My boss who was recently promoted again—is great at motivating her employees.
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My boss, who was recently promoted again is great at motivating, her employees.

Explanation

A nonrestrictive clause adds extra information and should be set off from the rest of the sentence with matching punctuation. In B, “who was recently promoted again” is enclosed by commas, so the sentence is punctuated correctly. The other choices omit or misuse punctuation around the clause, or add an incorrect comma elsewhere.

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