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The following passage is about the American architect Julia Morgan. Which punctuation mark correctly completes the passage by setting off the nonessential relative clause?

Cevap:In 1919, the prominent American architect Julia Morgan, who was the first woman licensed to practice architecture in California【,】began her most famous commission: the design of Hearst Castle. Over the next twenty-eight years, Morgan supervised the construction of this massive estate, which eventually grew to include over one hundred rooms.

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A comma (,) must be placed in the blank.
The nonessential relative clause 'who was the first woman licensed to practice architecture in California' begins with a comma after 'Julia Morgan'. To maintain punctuation symmetry, a matching comma must be used at the end of the clause.

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1
Identify the boundaries of the nonessential relative clause in the sentence.
The clause 'who was the first woman licensed to practice architecture in California' is a nonessential relative clause because it provides extra information about Julia Morgan but is not required for the sentence's basic grammatical structure.
Nonessential elements must be set off from the rest of the sentence using matching punctuation marks on both sides.
2
Check the punctuation mark that introduces the nonessential clause.
A comma is used before the relative pronoun ('Julia Morgan, who...').
Punctuation setting off nonessential elements must be symmetrical.
3
Determine the punctuation mark needed at the end of the nonessential clause.
To match the opening comma, a closing comma must be placed after 'California'.
Mixing punctuation marks (such as using a comma at the start and an em dash at the end) creates asymmetrical punctuation, which is incorrect.

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