Boundaries: Punctuation and Sentence Structure

SAT Reading and Writing· difficulty 3/5

The novelist Toni Morrison ______ won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993, became the first African American woman to receive the honor.

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

  • A

    , who

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  • B

    whom

  • C

    who

  • D

    , whom

Explanation

The clause "who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993" is nonrestrictive (Morrison is already identified) and must be set off by paired commas. The closing comma already appears before "became"; the opening comma plus "who" (subject of "won") is correct.

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