Standard English ConventionsHardSemicolon before 'for example' introducing a clause
Standard English Conventions practice question
Several of the new words come from ____ for example, 'robot' was coined in a 1920 play.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. fiction;Correct
- B. fiction,
- C. fiction
- D. fiction: and
Answer: A. fiction;
'For example' here introduces a full clause, so a semicolon precedes it and a comma follows.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. fiction,
- A comma before a clause-introducing 'for example' is a splice.
- C. fiction
- No punctuation is a run-on.
- D. fiction: and
- A colon plus 'and' is not a construction.
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