AE.180 Set Off Nonessential Clauses and Phrases
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The writer establishes the referent before adding the descriptive phrase. Use that meaning to decide how the modifier should be punctuated. For an ACT English punctuation item about a hiking trail, choose the version that sets off the supplementary information with commas: The hiking trail lined with orange markers winds behind the science center.