Standard English ConventionsEasy–MediumComma after an opening time clause
Standard English Conventions practice question
Before the concert ____ the orchestra tuned for ten minutes.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. began,Correct
- B. began;
- C. began.
- D. began, and
Answer: A. began,
A comma follows the introductory clause.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. began;
- The words before the semicolon are not a sentence.
- C. began.
- The full stop leaves a fragment.
- D. began, and
- The conjunction makes the sentence a fragment.
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