Standard English ConventionsHardColon before an explanation of a name
Standard English Conventions practice question
The inn's name puzzles ____ there has never been a swan on the river within twenty miles of it.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. visitors:Correct
- B. visitors,
- C. visitors
- D. visitors; as
Answer: A. visitors:
A complete clause followed by the explanation takes a colon.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. visitors,
- A comma splice.
- C. visitors
- A run-on.
- D. visitors; as
- 'As' after a semicolon leaves a fragment.
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