Standard English ConventionsVery hardSemicolon before 'for example' joining clauses
Standard English Conventions practice question
The garden was planned for every ____ for example, the witch hazel flowers in January when nothing else does.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. season;Correct
- B. season,
- C. season
- D. season, and
Answer: A. season;
'For example' beginning a second independent clause takes a semicolon before it.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. season,
- A comma splice.
- C. season
- A run-on.
- D. season, and
- 'And' followed by 'for example' is clumsy and the comma before it is still needed.
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