Standard English ConventionsVery hardInversion after so loud
Standard English Conventions practice question
So loud ____ the music that the windows rattled.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. wasCorrect
- B. were
- C. being
- D. had
Answer: A. was
So loud at the start inverts the sentence, and the subject music is singular.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. were
- Plural for a singular subject.
- C. being
- Not a finite verb.
- D. had
- Had would need a participle.
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