Standard English ConventionsHardNo comma between subject and verb
Standard English Conventions practice question
The stack of letters that the sorting office found behind a ____ delivered forty years late.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. radiator wasCorrect
- B. radiator, was
- C. radiator; was
- D. radiator. Was
Answer: A. radiator was
'The stack … radiator' is the subject and 'was delivered' its verb; nothing separates them.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. radiator, was
- A lone comma between subject and verb is an error.
- C. radiator; was
- A semicolon splits the subject from its verb.
- D. radiator. Was
- A period leaves fragments on both sides.
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