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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?

  1. A. wasCorrect
  2. B. were
  3. C. being
  4. 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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