Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.

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Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.

Punctuation around nonessential relative clauses: when you add extra information about the noun, use a nonrestrictive clause and set it off with commas. Here, which won last year is extra information about the team, not necessary to identify which team is being talked about. So it sits inside two commas: The team, which won last year, is ready. This shows the main point is that the team is ready, and the fact it won last year is simply additional detail. The other forms misplace or omit punctuation in ways that either tighten the clause too much or create an awkward, ungrammatical structure. Without the surrounding commas, the clause acts as a defining filter and changes the meaning. Stray punctuation around the relative clause breaks the sentence’s flow and makes it unclear or incorrect. The version with proper commas cleanly signals that the extra information about last year is optional and added for context, not essential to identifying the team.

Punctuation around nonessential relative clauses: when you add extra information about the noun, use a nonrestrictive clause and set it off with commas. Here, which won last year is extra information about the team, not necessary to identify which team is being talked about. So it sits inside two commas: The team, which won last year, is ready. This shows the main point is that the team is ready, and the fact it won last year is simply additional detail.

The other forms misplace or omit punctuation in ways that either tighten the clause too much or create an awkward, ungrammatical structure. Without the surrounding commas, the clause acts as a defining filter and changes the meaning. Stray punctuation around the relative clause breaks the sentence’s flow and makes it unclear or incorrect. The version with proper commas cleanly signals that the extra information about last year is optional and added for context, not essential to identifying the team.

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