What’s the difference between a comma and a punctuation?
I was going through a test and came upon this question:
Unfortunately one of those species is the Bark Scorpion (barrel spitz), just about the only species whose venom is considered truly dangerous and often fatal to humans.
This sentence contains three species: A.A. NO CHANGE B. Bark Scorpion which
is just about
the only species C. only one. that is the Bark
Scorpion species D. Bark Scorpion, yet just about the
only species The test picks B as the right
answer. Not while I see a problem with B, I don’t see a problem with A. NO CHANGE as well. Why is the answer A wrong?
Since
we are currently on the subject of the internet, you are very welcome people. Thanks so much for your feedback?
I’m guessing this is from an ACT. For the purposes of the ACT, typically only non-essential appositives should be between 2 commas. As written, the phrase “one…Scorpion” is between 2 commas, but, it is not a non-essential appositive. Question 14: How can I write a sentence between two commas if it is not an appositive? If YES, Answer Choice B was the only one that did not result in
this issue, why?
