The poet ______ Pablo Neruda ______ won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971, decades after writing the love poems for which he became famous.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A
/
- B
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- Ccheck_circle
, / ,
- D
/ ,
Explanation
Without commas, "Pablo Neruda" would be a restrictive identifier ("the poet Pablo Neruda" — distinguishing him from other poets). Here the sentence treats him as already understood from context, so paired commas around "Pablo Neruda" mark it as nonrestrictive. Either reading is grammatically possible, but the convention with the additional descriptive clause favors the paired commas.