Question

(1) yo - yo ma who was born in paris is a chinese american cellist. (2) he was a prodigy and started performing violin and piano pieces at the age of four. (3) he attended two of the best schools in the usa, julliard and harvard. (4) the cello he plays was built in 1733. (5) he calls his cello \petunia\. (6) he is an amazing soloist, and has recorded over 90 albums. which sentence contains an error in the use of a nonrestrictive clause? which revision would correct this error?

Explanation:

A nonrestrictive clause adds extra, non-essential information to a sentence and must be set off by commas. Sentence (1) has a nonrestrictive clause ("who was born in Paris") that is not properly separated from the main clause with commas, as the fact about Yo-Yo Ma's birth place is extra detail, not required to identify him. To correct it, commas need to be placed before and after the nonrestrictive clause.

Answer:

Which sentence contains an error in the use of a nonrestrictive clause? (1) Yo-Yo Ma who was born in Paris is a Chinese American cellist.
Which revision would correct this error? Yo-Yo Ma, who was born in Paris, is a Chinese American cellist.