Standard English ConventionsEasy–MediumSemicolon between a recipe's simplicity and its reason
Standard English Conventions practice question
The recipe is ____ it needs only three ingredients.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. simple;Correct
- B. simple,
- C. simple
- D. simple; and
Answer: A. simple;
A semicolon joins two complete sentences.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. simple,
- A comma splice.
- C. simple
- A run-on.
- D. simple; and
- A semicolon does not take a conjunction here.
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