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Standard English ConventionsVery hardSemicolon before 'for instance' joining clauses

Standard English Conventions practice question

The museum is generous with its ____ for instance, the map room can be booked by anyone for an afternoon.

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

  1. A. collection;Correct
  2. B. collection,
  3. C. collection
  4. D. collection, and

Answer: A. collection;

'For instance' beginning a second independent clause takes a semicolon before it.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. collection,
A comma splice.
C. collection
A run-on.
D. collection, and
'And for instance' is clumsy and the comma is still a splice.

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