RW-SEC-02 · Standard English Conventions

Punctuation around supplementary elements

Boundaries · Stage 2

01 · Key idea

A removable supplementary phrase takes punctuation on both sides.

Build on: RW-SEC-01

02 · Worked example

Punctuate: “Dr. Lee a botanist studied the seeds.”

This teaching example is original and is not an official SAT question.

Reasoning

Removing “a botanist” leaves the complete sentence “Dr. Lee studied the seeds.”

Answer

Dr. Lee, a botanist, studied the seeds.

03 · Next step

Practice questions remain in English, as on the SAT.

RW-SEC-02 · Punctuation around supplementary elements