Standard English ConventionsMediumColon before the one unclear thing
Standard English Conventions practice question
Only one thing was ____ where the money had gone.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. unclear:Correct
- B. unclear;
- C. unclear
- D. unclear, it was
Answer: A. unclear:
A colon introduces the one thing the sentence announces.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. unclear;
- A semicolon needs a full sentence after it.
- C. unclear
- The two ideas run together without sense.
- D. unclear, it was
- A comma splice.
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