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?
- A. school.Correct
- B. school,
- C. school
- 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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