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Standard English Conventions practice question

Whose coat is ____ Nobody answered.

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

  1. A. this?Correct
  2. B. this.
  3. C. this,
  4. D. this

Answer: A. this?

"Whose coat is this" is a question.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. this.
A full stop is for a statement.
C. this,
A comma cannot end a sentence.
D. this
No punctuation, and the two sentences run together.

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