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Standard English Conventions practice question

Fired at over 1,200 degrees, ____

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

  1. A. the stoneware rings like a bell when tapped.Correct
  2. B. tapping the stoneware makes it ring like a bell.
  3. C. a bell-like ring comes from the stoneware when tapped.
  4. D. you can hear the stoneware ring like a bell.

Answer: A. the stoneware rings like a bell when tapped.

The stoneware is what is fired, so it must be the subject.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. tapping the stoneware makes it ring like a bell.
Makes the tapping fired.
C. a bell-like ring comes from the stoneware when tapped.
Makes the ring fired.
D. you can hear the stoneware ring like a bell.
Makes 'you' fired.

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