Standard English ConventionsHardColon before what a survey showed
Standard English Conventions practice question
Two things were clear from the ____ leaking roof and old wiring.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. survey: aCorrect
- B. survey; a
- C. survey. A
- D. survey, which was a
Answer: A. survey: a
A colon introduces the two things.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. survey; a
- A semicolon needs a full sentence after it.
- C. survey. A
- The words after the full stop are a fragment.
- D. survey, which was a
- The survey was not a leaking roof.
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