Standard English ConventionsHardComma before a trailing participial phrase
Standard English Conventions practice question
The river burst its banks on ____ flooding the lower town.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. Tuesday,Correct
- B. Tuesday;
- C. Tuesday. Flooding
- D. Tuesday, and flooding
Answer: A. Tuesday,
A participial phrase that adds a result is set off with a comma.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Tuesday;
- A semicolon needs a complete sentence after it.
- C. Tuesday. Flooding
- "Flooding the lower town" is not a sentence.
- D. Tuesday, and flooding
- "and flooding the lower town" has no verb to pair with "burst".
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