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Standard English ConventionsVery hardQuestion mark for a direct question inside a sentence

Standard English Conventions practice question

The question every visitor asks is the same: how did the builders lift the ____

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

  1. A. stones?Correct
  2. B. stones.
  3. C. stones!
  4. D. stones;

Answer: A. stones?

The sentence ends with the direct question itself.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. stones.
A full stop turns the question into a statement.
C. stones!
No exclamation.
D. stones;
A sentence cannot end with a semicolon.

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