Standard English ConventionsHardColon introducing a single item
Standard English Conventions practice question
There was only one thing the recipe ____ patience.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. required:Correct
- B. required;
- C. required,
- D. required
Answer: A. required:
A complete clause followed by the item it announces takes a colon.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. required;
- A semicolon needs a clause after it.
- C. required,
- A comma makes 'patience' dangle.
- D. required
- No boundary before the announced item.
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