My sister, who has just moved to the ________ would love to participate in the bake sale.
Which of the following options correctly completes the sentence above?

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Interrupting a main clause with a dash or a comma requires the same punctuation at both the beginning and the end of the clause. In this case, the main clause is interrupted by "who has just moved to the neighborhood." Since the clause starts with a comma (after My sister), it must end also end with a comma.
My sister, who has just moved to the neighborhood, would love to participate in the bake sale.
Another way to look at this is that the phrase who has just moved to the neighborhood is what we call and appositive. An appositive is a phrase that identifies or provides additional information about a noun. In this case, this appositive is telling us that the speaker's sister has just moved to the neighborhood. Appositives are always offset with commas (there is a comma on either side of the appositive).

My Sister, Who Has Just Moved to the ________ Would