Standard English ConventionsMediumFixing a run-on sentence
Standard English Conventions practice question
Solar panels convert sunlight into electricity ____ this process produces no emissions during operation.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. electricity, this
- B. electricity; thisCorrect
- C. electricity this
- D. electricity and, this
Answer: B. electricity; this
Each side of the blank is a complete sentence. A semicolon is the correct way to join two closely related independent clauses without a conjunction.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. electricity, this
- A comma alone between two complete sentences is a comma splice. It needs a semicolon, or a comma plus a conjunction.
- C. electricity this
- With no punctuation, the two sentences fuse into a run-on. The boundary needs a mark.
- D. electricity and, this
- The comma belongs BEFORE a joining conjunction, not after it. 'electricity and, this' puts it in the wrong place and separates 'and' from the clause it joins.
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