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UPCAT English practice question 25: Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

Correct answer

A. My brother, who lives in Cebu, is a nurse.

A nonrestrictive relative clause takes a comma on both sides. Omitting either one breaks the pair.

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

  1. My brother, who lives in Cebu, is a nurse.Correct
  2. My brother who lives in Cebu, is a nurse.
  3. My brother, who lives in Cebu is a nurse.
  4. My brother who, lives in Cebu, is a nurse.

Why A is correct

A nonrestrictive relative clause takes a comma on both sides. Omitting either one breaks the pair.

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