Standard English ConventionsEasy–MediumPeriod before a sentence beginning with 'Then'
Standard English Conventions practice question
The dough is left to rise for an hour ____ it is shaped into loaves and baked.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. . ThenCorrect
- B. , then
- C. then
- D. , then,
Answer: A. . Then
'The dough is left to rise for an hour' and 'Then it is shaped into loaves' are complete sentences; 'then' can't join them on its own.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. , then
- A comma plus 'then' between two complete sentences is a splice.
- C. then
- With no punctuation, the sentences run together.
- D. , then,
- Still a splice, with an extra comma.
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