Standard English ConventionsHardSemicolon and comma with 'for example'
Standard English Conventions practice question
Some birds migrate astonishing distances ____ the bar-tailed godwit flies from Alaska to New Zealand without stopping.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. ; for example,Correct
- B. , for example,
- C. for example,
- D. ; for example
Answer: A. ; for example,
Two complete sentences: a semicolon separates them, and the transition 'for example' that opens the second is followed by a comma.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. , for example,
- A comma between two complete sentences is a splice; 'for example' doesn't fix it.
- C. for example,
- Without punctuation before 'for example', the two sentences run together.
- D. ; for example
- The semicolon is right, but the transition needs a comma after it.
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