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Zorluk: OrtaCommas with Nonessential and Parenthetical Elements

The following passage contains an underlined portion.

During the late nineteenth century, the Hudson River School painters captured the vastness of the American wilderness. Albert Bierstadt, an artist who traveled extensively throughout the American West depicted these rugged landscapes with dramatic light and sweeping detail, capturing the imagination of viewers who had never traveled beyond the East Coast. Today, his paintings remain iconic representations of the American frontier.

Which of the following choices represents the most grammatically correct punctuation for the underlined portion of the sentence?

  1. A
    NO CHANGE
  2. an artist who traveled extensively throughout the American West,Cevap
  3. C
    an artist, who traveled extensively throughout the American West,
  4. D
    an artist who traveled extensively throughout the American West;

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The correct option is the one that includes a comma after the word 'West' to properly close the nonessential appositive phrase describing the artist.
The nonessential appositive phrase 'an artist who traveled extensively throughout the American West' describes the subject 'Albert Bierstadt.' Because the sentence already contains an opening comma before this phrase, a closing comma must be placed after 'West' to set it off. This correctly separates the parenthetical description from the main verb 'depicted.'

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1
Identify the subject and verb of the main clause.
The subject is 'Albert Bierstadt' and the main verb is 'depicted.'
Locating the core subject and verb helps identify where modifying or parenthetical information starts and ends.
2
Determine if the underlined phrase is essential or nonessential to the sentence.
The phrase 'an artist who traveled extensively throughout the American West' is an appositive that provides additional descriptive details about Albert Bierstadt, which means it is nonessential (nonrestrictive).
Nonessential elements must be set off from the main clause by a pair of commas.
3
Check the surrounding punctuation to ensure the nonessential phrase is properly enclosed.
An opening comma is already present after 'Albert Bierstadt,' so a matching closing comma must be placed at the end of the phrase, directly after the word 'West.'
Using a single comma instead of a pair leaves the punctuation dangling and incorrectly merges the nonessential modifier with the predicate.

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Nonessential elements, such as appositives and parenthetical phrases, must be set off from the main sentence by a pair of matching punctuation marks, usually commas.
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Commas with Nonessential and Parenthetical Elements

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