Question

read the sentence.

trayvon, julie, and caleb who are members of the drama club, are auditioning for the school musical on wednesday.

where should a comma be placed in this sentence?

after \musical\
after \auditioning\
after \members\
after \caleb\

Explanation:

🆕 New Concept Discovered: Nonrestrictive Relative Clauses

Extra information set off by commas

Step 1: Identify the nonessential clause

In the sentence:
"Trayvon, Julie, and Caleb who are members of the drama club, are auditioning for the school musical on Wednesday."

The phrase "who are members of the drama club" is a nonrestrictive (nonessential) relative clause. It provides extra information about Trayvon, Julie, and Caleb, but is not required to identify who they are.

Step 2: Apply the comma rule for nonessential clauses

Nonessential clauses must be set off from the rest of the sentence using commas both at the beginning and the end of the clause:

• There is already a comma at the end of the clause: "...drama club, are auditioning..."
• There needs to be a matching comma at the start of the clause, which begins right after the names.

Therefore, a comma must be placed directly after "Caleb" to correctly set off the clause:
"Trayvon, Julie, and Caleb, who are members of the drama club, are auditioning..."

Answer:

after "Caleb"