Standard English ConventionsEasy–MediumSemicolon between related sentences
Standard English Conventions practice question
Nearly all of the island's native mammals are ____ by day they shelter in burrows beneath the tree roots.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. nocturnal;Correct
- B. nocturnal,
- C. nocturnal
- D. nocturnal, however,
Answer: A. nocturnal;
Two complete, closely related sentences can be joined with a semicolon: '…are nocturnal; by day they shelter…'
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. nocturnal,
- A comma alone creates a comma splice.
- C. nocturnal
- No punctuation creates a run-on.
- D. nocturnal, however,
- 'However' does not fit the meaning, and a comma still splices the clauses.
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