Standard English ConventionsHardClosing a dash pair
Standard English Conventions practice question
The recipe's key ingredient—a bitter orange grown near ____ is hard to find outside Sicily.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. Palermo—Correct
- B. Palermo,
- C. Palermo;
- D. Palermo
Answer: A. Palermo—
An interruption opened with a dash closes with a dash.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Palermo,
- A comma does not match the opening dash.
- C. Palermo;
- A semicolon splits subject from verb.
- D. Palermo
- The interruption is left open.
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