Point 8 — Verb Forms & Comma Splices
8A (Pure verb forms): a 3:1 split of finite to non-finite options. 8B (Comma splice with verb forms): the same 3:1 split, where all three finite options would create a comma splice.
8A: the odd one out is the answer 90% of the time.
- If the odd one out is non-finite: check whether a finite verb already exists in the clause. If yes, the odd one out is the answer.
- If the odd one out is finite: check whether a finite verb exists in the clause. If not, the odd one out is the answer.
8B: identify the existing finite verb to confirm the structure — all three finite options would give IC, IC, so the non-finite outlier wins.
Question 1 of 4
Historians Mireille Fanon and Abdoulaye Bathily have contributed their expertise on Pan-African history and independence movements to an ambitious new project: the African Union’s Digital Archive of Liberation Movements, an online resource that, ______ photographs and oral histories, chronicles the trajectory of specific independence struggles (such as those in Algeria and Mozambique).
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?