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Title: Parenthetical Expressions & Nonrestrictive Clauses

Grade: 8-a Lesson: S5-L1

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Step Type Explanation Answer

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Problem

Islam enriched India with architectural wonders! the most precious being 'The Tajmahal,' the symbol of aesthetic love.

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Clue

These are the elements in a sentence that are unessential to the sentence’s core meaning.

3

Hint

Wonders' should be punctuated with a comma after the word.

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Choice.A

Islam enriched India with architectural wonders! the most precious being 'The Tajmahal,' the symbol of aesthetic love.

The sentence is grammatically incorrect due to the presence of exclamatory mark after "wonders."

No change

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Choice.B

Islam enriched India with architectural wonders-the most precious being 'The Tajmahal,' the symbol of aesthetic love.

The sentence is grammatically incorrect due to the presence of hyphen after "wonders."

wonders-the

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Choice.C

Islam enriched India with architectural wonders,(the) most precious being 'The Tajmahal,' the symbol of aesthetic love.

The sentence is grammatically incorrect due to the presence of parentheses.

wonders,(the)

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Choice.D

Islam enriched India with architectural wonders, the most precious being 'The Tajmahal,' the symbol of aesthetic love.

The sentence is grammatically correct. The phrase "the most precious being 'The Tajmahal,' the symbol of aesthetic love'" is a nonrestrictive clause. Nonrestrictive clauses provide additional information about a noun (wonders) without changing the essential meaning of the sentence. Commas set them off. Therefore, to punctuate the sentence correctly, a comma should be used after the word "wonders" to separate the nonrestrictive clause from the main clause.

wonders, the

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Step:

Correct sentence

Islam enriched India with architectural wonders, the most precious being 'The Tajmahal,' the symbol of aesthetic love.

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Answer

Option

D

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Sumup

Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?

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