Boundaries: Punctuation and Sentence Structure

SAT Reading and Writing· difficulty 4/5

The glacier's slow but inexorable retreat ______ documented in photographs spanning over a hundred years ______ provides stark visual evidence of climate change.

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

  • A

    (, )

  • B

    —, —

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  • C

    , —

  • D

    —,

Explanation

A pair of em-dashes properly sets off a parenthetical for emphasis. Mismatched punctuation is ungrammatical.

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