Standard English ConventionsHardColon before a quoted notice
Standard English Conventions practice question
The sign at the trailhead was ____ Trail closed beyond this point.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. blunt:Correct
- B. blunt;
- C. blunt,
- D. blunt
Answer: A. blunt:
A colon introduces the words of the sign after a complete clause.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. blunt;
- What follows is not an independent clause.
- C. blunt,
- A comma does not introduce the notice's wording here.
- D. blunt
- No separation between the clause and the notice.
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