Standard English ConventionsHardNo comma between a subject and its verb
Standard English Conventions practice question
The collection of letters that the museum acquired last ____ mostly to the poet's sister.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. year was addressedCorrect
- B. year, was addressed
- C. year; was addressed
- D. year. Was addressed
Answer: A. year was addressed
'The collection … last year' is the subject and 'was addressed' its verb; nothing separates them.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. year, was addressed
- A lone comma between subject and verb is an error.
- C. year; was addressed
- A semicolon splits the subject from its verb.
- D. year. Was addressed
- A period leaves fragments on both sides.
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