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Difficulty: MediumCommas with Lists, Clauses, and Coordinate Adjectives

During the town's annual heritage festival, visitors flocked to see the newly restored landmark. Although the restoration of the historic theater took several years; the dedicated passionate, volunteers completed the project in time for the centennial celebration.

Which of the following options correctly punctuates the underlined portion of the sentence?

  1. A
    NO CHANGE
  2. years, the dedicated, passionate volunteersAnswer
  3. C
    years, the dedicated passionate volunteers
  4. D
    years; the dedicated, passionate volunteers

Answer

years, the dedicated, passionate volunteers
The correct answer correctly places a comma after the introductory dependent clause ('Although the restoration of the historic theater took several years') to join it to the main clause. It also correctly places a comma between 'dedicated' and 'passionate' because they are coordinate adjectives that modify the noun 'volunteers' equally, while ensuring that no punctuation separates the final adjective 'passionate' from the noun.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Determine the boundary between the clauses.
The clause beginning with 'Although' is an introductory dependent clause.
Introductory dependent clauses must be separated from the main independent clause by a comma, not a semicolon.
2
Evaluate the adjectives 'dedicated' and 'passionate'.
The adjectives are coordinate because they can be reversed ('passionate, dedicated') and joined with 'and' ('dedicated and passionate').
Coordinate adjectives modifying the same noun must be separated by a comma.
3
Check the punctuation between the final adjective and the noun.
No punctuation should separate 'passionate' from 'volunteers'.
A comma should never be placed between the final adjective and the noun it modifies.

Key Concept

Punctuation of introductory clauses and coordinate adjectives
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Commas with Lists, Clauses, and Coordinate Adjectives

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