Standard English ConventionsMediumComma after an opening dependent clause
Standard English Conventions practice question
Because the bridge was ____ the bus took the long way round through the valley.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. closed,Correct
- B. closed;
- C. closed.
- D. closed, and
Answer: A. closed,
A comma follows the introductory clause.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. closed;
- The clause before the semicolon is not a sentence.
- C. closed.
- The full stop leaves a fragment.
- D. closed, and
- The conjunction makes the whole a fragment.
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