Wangari Maathai ______ the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize ______ founded the Green Belt Movement to combat deforestation in Kenya.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A
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- B
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- C
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- Dcheck_circle
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Explanation
A pair of em-dashes properly sets off a parenthetical appositive for emphasis. Mismatched punctuation is ungrammatical.