Select the sentence that properly punctuates a non-restrictive appositive phrase:
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Kuwait University, the country's first public institution of higher education, was founded in October 1966.
- Step 1: An appositive is a noun phrase that renames or provides supplementary non-essential information about another noun.
- Step 2: Because 'Kuwait University' is a specific proper noun that is already fully identified, the appositive phrase 'the country's first public institution of higher education' is non-restrictive.
- Step 3: Non-restrictive appositives must be enclosed by a pair of commas: one before and one after.
Answer
Kuwait University, the country's first public institution of higher education, was founded in October 1966.
Why not the others: Sentence 2 omits the opening comma; Sentence 3 omits the closing comma; Sentence 4 incorrectly uses a colon and semicolon to isolate a simple parenthetical phrase.
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