Question

Which choice best maintains the sentence pattern already established in line [9]?

• A. NO CHANGE
• B. People, who pursue careers in transportation planning,
• C. People who pursue careers, in transportation planning,
• D. People who pursue careers in transportation planning,

Answer 1

The correct option is A NO CHANGE

Option A, “no change” is the correct answer because “who pursue careers in transportation planning” is, in context, a restrictive clause that should not be set off with punctuation. “Who pursue careers in transportation planning” is essential information defining who the “people” are. Therefore, the given sentence is correct the way it is and does not need to be changed.

Option B is not the correct answer because it incorrectly sets off the restrictive clause “who pursue careers in transportation planning” with commas as though the clause were non-restrictive or not essential to defining who the “people” are.

Option C is incorrect because it incorrectly sets off the essential sentence element “in transportation planning” with commas as though the phrase were not essential to the meaning of the sentence. “In transportation planning” is essential information defining what the “careers” are.

Option D is incorrect because it introduces an unnecessary comma after the word “planning,” incorrectly setting off the subject of the sentence (“people who pursue careers in transportation planning”) from the predicate (“have a wide variety of educational backgrounds”).