Standard English ConventionsHardClosing a clause about an empty house
Standard English Conventions practice question
The house, which had been empty for ____ was sold at auction.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. years,Correct
- B. years
- C. years;
- D. years, and
Answer: A. years,
The which-clause opened with a comma must close with one.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. years
- The closing comma is missing.
- C. years;
- A semicolon splits the subject from its verb.
- D. years, and
- The conjunction leaves the subject without a verb.
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