Standard English ConventionsEasy–MediumPeriod between two sentences in a narrative
Standard English Conventions practice question
The cellar had flooded twice that ____ the third time, the owners gave up and moved the archive upstairs.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. winter. TheCorrect
- B. winter, the
- C. winter the
- D. winter; and the
Answer: A. winter. The
Two independent clauses: a period ends the first.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. winter, the
- A comma alone is a splice.
- C. winter the
- No punctuation is a run-on.
- D. winter; and the
- A semicolon is not used with 'and'.
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