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Standard English ConventionsEasyPeriod ending a simple sentence

Standard English Conventions practice question

The bus stops outside the ____ It comes every twenty minutes.

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

  1. A. school.Correct
  2. B. school,
  3. C. school
  4. D. school and

Answer: A. school.

Two complete sentences; the first ends with a period.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. school,
A comma leaves a splice.
C. school
No punctuation runs the sentences together.
D. school and
'And' with no comma or clause structure muddles the two sentences.

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