Standard English ConventionsMediumComma before a coordinating 'yet'
Standard English Conventions practice question
The instructions were ____ yet half the class assembled the shelf upside down.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. clear,Correct
- B. clear;
- C. clear
- D. clear, yet,
Answer: A. clear,
A comma precedes 'yet' joining two independent clauses.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. clear;
- A semicolon is not used before a coordinating conjunction here.
- C. clear
- No comma before the conjunction.
- D. clear, yet,
- A stray comma after 'yet'.
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