Standard English ConventionsHardColon before the reason a map was wrong
Standard English Conventions practice question
The map was ____ the road it showed had been closed for years.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. wrong:Correct
- B. wrong,
- C. wrong
- D. wrong, because,
Answer: A. wrong:
A colon introduces the explanation of the first statement.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. wrong,
- A comma splice.
- C. wrong
- A run-on.
- D. wrong, because,
- Because does not take a comma after it.
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