Standard English ConventionsEasy–MediumColon before a one-word verdict
Standard English Conventions practice question
The verdict was ____ guilty.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. unanimous:Correct
- B. unanimous;
- C. unanimous, it was
- D. unanimous
Answer: A. unanimous:
A colon introduces the verdict that the sentence announces.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. unanimous;
- A semicolon needs a full sentence after it.
- C. unanimous, it was
- A comma splice.
- D. unanimous
- Nothing separates the two ideas.
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