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Standard English ConventionsEasyComma after a sentence-opening 'Meanwhile'

Standard English Conventions practice question

The guests were shown into the garden. ____ the bread was rising in the warm kitchen.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

  1. A. Meanwhile,Correct
  2. B. Meanwhile
  3. C. Meanwhile;
  4. D. Meanwhile.

Answer: A. Meanwhile,

'Meanwhile' opens the sentence as a transition and is followed by a comma.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. Meanwhile
Without the comma, the transition runs into the clause.
C. Meanwhile;
A semicolon needs a complete clause before it.
D. Meanwhile.
'Meanwhile.' is a fragment.

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