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Standard English ConventionsVery hardSemicolon before 'even so'

Standard English Conventions practice question

The forecast was ____ even so, the organisers hired a marquee in case.

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

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

Answer: A. good;

'Even so' beginning a second independent clause takes a semicolon before it.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. good,
A comma splice.
C. good
A run-on.
D. good, and
'And even so' is muddled and the comma is still a splice.

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