Standard English ConventionsHardComma before a coordinating conjunction joining two independent clauses
Standard English Conventions practice question
The seals haul out on the far ____ and the walkers keep to the near one.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. bank,Correct
- B. bank
- C. bank;
- D. bank, and,
Answer: A. bank,
'And' joining two independent clauses takes a comma before it.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. bank
- Two full clauses joined by 'and' take a comma.
- C. bank;
- A semicolon and 'and' together is one connector too many.
- D. bank, and,
- A stray comma after 'and'.
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