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Jeffxtreme Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
PSAT English Question
Hi, I was doing a the PSAT Practice test, and I was asked the follow question.
Correct the underlined portion of the sentence. If the underlined portion is correct, choose A.
The vast Library of Alexandria, whose ruins have never been recovered, thrived from 295 B.C. until the fourth century A.D. on the coast of Egypt when it burned to the ground.
A.) (as it is)
B.) having never been recovered, thrived from 295 B.C. until the fourth century A.D. on the coast of Egypt when it burned to the ground.
C.) on the coast of Egypt were never recovered from 295 B.C. up until the fourth century A.D., thriving,
D.) have never been recovered on the coast of Egypt, it thrived from 295 B.C. until the fourth century A.D.,
E.) have never been recovered, thrived on the coast of Egypt from 295 B.C. until the fourth century A.D.,
The correct answer was E. However, I thought you were not allowed to have a comma before a adverbial clause at the end of the sentence. Does this rule not always apply?
Thanks in advance.
Correct the underlined portion of the sentence. If the underlined portion is correct, choose A.
The vast Library of Alexandria, whose ruins have never been recovered, thrived from 295 B.C. until the fourth century A.D. on the coast of Egypt when it burned to the ground.
A.) (as it is)
B.) having never been recovered, thrived from 295 B.C. until the fourth century A.D. on the coast of Egypt when it burned to the ground.
C.) on the coast of Egypt were never recovered from 295 B.C. up until the fourth century A.D., thriving,
D.) have never been recovered on the coast of Egypt, it thrived from 295 B.C. until the fourth century A.D.,
E.) have never been recovered, thrived on the coast of Egypt from 295 B.C. until the fourth century A.D.,
The correct answer was E. However, I thought you were not allowed to have a comma before a adverbial clause at the end of the sentence. Does this rule not always apply?
Thanks in advance.
Top answer
C. , Pardon me! I don't see an adverbial clause.
- C.
- , Pardon me!
- I don't see an adverbial clause.
- Is the "red" comma your question?
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E.) have never been recovered, thrived on the coast of Egypt from 295 B.C. until the fourth century A.D.,
Pardon me! I don't see an adverbial clause. Is the "red" comma your question?
Pardon me! I don't see an adverbial clause. Is the "red" comma your question?
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Oh, no. I was asking about the comma at the end:
E.) have never been recovered, thrived on the coast of Egypt from 295 B.C. until the fourth century A.D.,
Right after that
E.) have never been recovered, thrived on the coast of Egypt from 295 B.C. until the fourth century A.D.,
Right after that
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In that case then, I agree the comma after "A.D." is incorrect.
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..., when it burned to the ground
A comma is fine. when can even be replaced by and then in this case, so there's even more reason to use a comma.
I lived at home until I was 18, [when / and then] I went away to college.
when I went away to college does not say when I lived at home any more than when it burned to the ground say
A comma is fine. when can even be replaced by and then in this case, so there's even more reason to use a comma.
I lived at home until I was 18, [when / and then] I went away to college.
when I went away to college does not say when I lived at home any more than when it burned to the ground say
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The comma separates the attributive (appositive clause) "whose ruins have never been recovered" from the rest of the sentence, and not the adverbial clause.
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