Standard English ConventionsVery hardSemicolons separating items with internal commas
Standard English Conventions practice question
The exhibition brings together paintings from Madrid, ____ sculptures from Florence, Italy; and tapestries from Bruges, Belgium.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. Spain;Correct
- B. Spain,
- C. Spain
- D. Spain:
Answer: A. Spain;
The other items are separated by semicolons because each contains a comma; this one must match.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Spain,
- A comma makes Spain and the sculptures look like one item.
- C. Spain
- No separator.
- D. Spain:
- A colon does not separate list items.
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