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Adam

Hello Reema,
You are correct. However, the comma here is being used in a totally different way: it's not separating two clauses. Rather, the commas before "and" is used with another comma to surround the nonessential information "during the reign of Vespasian." Without that information, we'd drop the comma and have this:
"began in A.D. 69 and was completed a decade later," with no comma before "and." Using your example, this would be okay:
-Jim washed the bedroom, which was filthy, and cleaned the window.
The comma before the "and" works here because it's not separating clauses, but rather surrounding inessential information, a totally different function.
Hope that helps!

Dec 1, 2019 • Reply

Adam

Hi Harsh,

Happy to help :)

The subject is "construction." It is incorrect to say "construction was began," and it is also incorrect to say "construction completed."

The verb "to begin" is an intransitive verb that does not need an object, so we can simply say "construction began."

By contrast, "completed" here is a past participle, not a full verb.

When used as a verb, "complete" must have an object (we could say "the works completed construction" or "construction was completed," but not "construction completed").

Aug 27, 2017 • Reply

Cydney Seigerman, Magoosh Tutor

Hi Andrew :)
"Which" is a relative pronoun and, as a noun modifier, will modify the noun it touches. In this sentence, the word "which" is needed to clarify that the Roman Colosseum, and not the construction of the Roman Colosseum, was officially known as the Flavian Amphitheater. "Which" is therefore used correctly in this sense in A and C. From there, and as Mike explains in the video, without the joining word "and" between "began" and "completed," A is incorrect.
Hope this helps!

Nov 7, 2015 • Reply