Standard English ConventionsVery hardColon versus dash before an explanation
Standard English Conventions practice question
There was one reason the shop ____ nobody could find it.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. failed:Correct
- B. failed,
- C. failed
- D. failed; and
Answer: A. failed:
The clause after the colon gives the reason announced before it.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. failed,
- A comma splice.
- C. failed
- A run-on.
- D. failed; and
- 'And' after a semicolon is muddled.
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