Boundaries: Punctuation and Sentence Structure

SAT Reading and Writing· difficulty 3/5

The world's tallest tree ______ a coast redwood named Hyperion ______ stands at over 380 feet in California's Redwood National Park.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

  • A

    , —

  • B

    , ,

  • C

    —, —

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  • D

    —,

Explanation

A pair of em-dashes properly sets off a parenthetical appositive for emphasis. Commas would also work but the dashes provide stronger emphasis; mismatched punctuation is ungrammatical.

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