Standard English ConventionsEasy–MediumComma after a transitional word opening a sentence
Standard English Conventions practice question
The lighthouse was decommissioned in 1998. ____ its lamp is lit once a year on the anniversary.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. Nevertheless,Correct
- B. Nevertheless
- C. Nevertheless;
- D. Nevertheless:
Answer: A. Nevertheless,
A transition opening a sentence is followed by a comma.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Nevertheless
- The transition runs into the clause without a comma.
- C. Nevertheless;
- A semicolon can't follow a single opening word.
- D. Nevertheless:
- A colon can't follow a transition here.
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