Question

Change the underlined part of the given line, if necessary:

"The spaces are usually stocked with standard office [26] equipment,
such as photocopiers, printers, and fax machines."

• A. NO CHANGE
• B. Equipment, such as:
• C. Equipment such as:
• D. Equipment, such as,

Answer 1

The correct option is A NO CHANGE

We use "such as" to provide specific examples of something you’re talking about. If the specific examples aren’t essential to the accuracy of your sentence, then use a comma before 'such as' and after your example, unless the example is at the very end of the sentence. Since the examples of office equipment, although central to the sentence's meaning, are at the end of the sentence, a comma should be placed only before "such as" and not after that. Hence, no change is required and Option A is correct.

The rest of the options do not express this condition, the commas ',' and colons ':' after 'such as' do not form a complete meaning. Hence these options are incorrect.