Standard English ConventionsHardSemicolon before a clause containing for example
Standard English Conventions practice question
Several of the garden's plants are dangerous to touch or ____ the foxglove, for example, can stop the heart.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. eat;Correct
- B. eat,
- C. eat
- D. eat, and,
Answer: A. eat;
Two independent clauses; the second happens to contain "for example". A semicolon separates them.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. eat,
- A comma splice.
- C. eat
- Run together.
- D. eat, and,
- "and," with a comma after it is ungrammatical here.
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