The haiku-like poems of Tomas Tranströmer, which present nature- and dream-influenced images in crisp, spare language, have earned the Swedish

Question

The haiku-like poems of Tomas Transtr&ouml;mer, which present nature- and dream-influenced images in crisp, spare language, have earned the Swedish poet praise from leading contemporary ______ blank them Nigerian American essayist and novelist Teju Cole, who has written that Transtr&ouml;mer&rsquo;s works &ldquo;contain a luminous simplicity.&rdquo; Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

Accepted Answer

Choice D is the best answer. The convention being tested is punctuation use between a main clause and a supplementary phrase. This choice correctly uses a comma to mark the boundary between the main clause (&ldquo;The haiku-like...writers&rdquo;) and the supplementary phrase (&ldquo;among...Cole&rdquo;) that specifies a contemporary writer who has praised Tomas Transtr&ouml;mer&rsquo;s haiku-like poems. Choice A is incorrect because it results in a rhetorically unacceptable sentence fragment beginning with &ldquo;among.&rdquo; Choice B is incorrect because it fails to mark the boundary between the main clause and the supplementary phrase with appropriate punctuation. Choice C is incorrect because a semicolon can&rsquo;t be used in this way to join the main clause (&ldquo;The haiku-like...writers&rdquo;) and the supplementary phrase (&ldquo;among...Cole&rdquo;).

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