Standard English ConventionsEasyComma before or joining two clauses
Standard English Conventions practice question
You can have soup for ____ you can have a sandwich.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. lunch, orCorrect
- B. lunch or
- C. lunch; or
- D. lunch, or,
Answer: A. lunch, or
"or" joins two complete sentences here, so it takes a comma before it.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. lunch or
- The comma is missing.
- C. lunch; or
- A semicolon is not used with "or".
- D. lunch, or,
- No comma goes after "or".
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