Each sentence contains an appositive phrase. Determine whether the appositive phrase is essential or non–essential. Mark the sentence that punctuates the appositive phrase correctly.
(1 point)
Responses
This trip, the result of an election bet, took ten days.
This trip, the result of an election bet, took ten days.
This trip the result, of an election bet, took ten days.
The correct sentence that punctuates the appositive phrase correctly is:
This trip, the result of an election bet, took ten days.
The appositive phrase in the sentence is "the result of an election bet." To determine whether it is essential or non-essential, we need to check if it provides necessary information or if it can be removed without changing the meaning of the sentence.
In this case, the appositive phrase is non-essential as it provides additional information about the trip but is not necessary for understanding the main idea of the sentence.
The correct punctuation for a non-essential appositive phrase is to set it off with commas. Therefore, the correct sentence is:
"This trip, the result of an election bet, took ten days."
To determine whether the appositive phrase is essential or non-essential, we need to consider whether it provides important information that is necessary to understand the meaning of the sentence.
In the first sentence:
"This trip, the result of an election bet, took ten days."
The appositive phrase "the result of an election bet" provides additional information about the trip, but it is not essential to understand the main idea of the sentence. The sentence would still make sense without it. Therefore, the appositive phrase is non-essential.
In the second sentence:
"This trip the result, of an election bet, took ten days."
Here, the appositive phrase "of an election bet" is incorrectly punctuated. The commas should be placed around the entire appositive phrase, not within it. This sentence does not punctuate the appositive phrase correctly.
So, the correct sentence that punctuates the appositive phrase correctly is the first one:
"This trip, the result of an election bet, took ten days."