Standard English ConventionsHardColon before a list with internal semicolons
Standard English Conventions practice question
The committee visited three ____ Lyon, France; Turin, Italy; and Graz, Austria.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. cities:Correct
- B. cities;
- C. cities
- D. cities, and
Answer: A. cities:
A colon introduces the list; the semicolons within it separate items that contain commas.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. cities;
- A semicolon would make 'Lyon, France' look like another item of a sentence-level list.
- C. cities
- No boundary before the list.
- D. cities, and
- 'And' before a list of three is a fragment.
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