Question #N454
The following passage includes a few errors in punctuation and grammar. The errors are in the underlined parts of the passage. Choose the option that corrects the errors in the underlined part of the passage. The following sentence is from a novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne: "It is a very strange, but not a very pleasant, effect that... we experience when we meet an aged person for the first time."
It is a very strange, but not a very pleasant, effect that... we experience when we meet an aged person for the first time.
A. It is a very strange, but not a very pleasant, effect that we experience when we meet an aged person for the first time.
B. It is a very strange, but not a very pleasant, effect, that we experience when we meet an aged person for the first time.
C. It is a very strange, but not a very pleasant effect that we experience when we meet an aged person for the first time.
D. It is a very strange, but not a very pleasant effect that we experience when we meet an aged person, for the first time.
Correct Answer is: A
The correct answer is A. The sentence contains two independent clauses, and the comma correctly separates the two clauses. There are no other errors in the sentence.