Standard English ConventionsEasy–MediumSemicolon before 'otherwise'
Standard English Conventions practice question
Book the boat by ____ otherwise, the crossing may be full.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. Friday;Correct
- B. Friday,
- C. Friday
- D. Friday, or,
Answer: A. Friday;
'Otherwise' joining two independent clauses takes a semicolon before it and a comma after.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Friday,
- A comma before 'otherwise' between two clauses is a splice.
- C. Friday
- No punctuation is a run-on.
- D. Friday, or,
- A stray comma after 'or'.
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