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Standard English ConventionsEasyPeriod between two short sentences

Standard English Conventions practice question

We fed the ____ Then we cleaned out the hutch.

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

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

Answer: A. rabbits.

Two complete sentences: the first ends with a period.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. rabbits,
A comma leaves a splice.
C. rabbits
No punctuation runs them together.
D. rabbits and
'And then' would need the comma and sentence structure reworked.

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