Standard English ConventionsMediumPeriod between two complete sentences
Standard English Conventions practice question
The lock gates are opened by ____ it takes two people to shift each one.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. hand.Correct
- B. hand,
- C. hand
- D. hand, so,
Answer: A. hand.
Two independent clauses: end the first.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. hand,
- A comma alone is a splice.
- C. hand
- No punctuation is a run-on.
- D. hand, so,
- A stray comma after 'so'.
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