Commas are a tricky business! Grace meets up with her friend Harry and says "I'd like you to meet my sister Wendy, who lives in Texas, to Jerry, my brother who doesn't, and to my only other sibling, Alex". Which of the following sentences is correct?

(1.) Alex doesn't live in Texas (2.) Alex is his brother (3.) Alex is his sister or (4.) Jerry is his only brother

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Evangeline Rogers

30 July, 18:34

Commas are a tricky business! Grace meets up with her friend Harry and says "I'd like you to meet my sister Wendy, who lives in Texas, to Jerry, my brother who doesn't, and to my only other sibling, Alex". Which of the following sentences is correct?

(1.) Alex doesn't live in Texas (2.) Alex is his brother (3.) Alex is his sister or (4.) Jerry is his only brother

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Paola Allison · Answer 1

From the given statement, we can deduce the following facts:

Wendy lives in Texas and she is a girl

Jerry does not live in Texas and he is a boy

Alex is the third sibling and we do not know here he live and he is a boy

So the only correct answer in this case is:

(2.) Alex is his brother

Leslie · Answer 2

I would say the correct answer would be Alex is his brother since the way the statement is worded, first it talks of his sister, then of his brother Jerry and next his sibling, Alex so since it comes right after the mention of his brother Jerry I would think Alex would be a brother though I can't prove it.