Standard English ConventionsHardComma after a long introductory phrase
Standard English Conventions practice question
After nearly forty years in the same small ____ the shop finally closed its doors.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. premises,Correct
- B. premises;
- C. premises
- D. premises, and
Answer: A. premises,
A long introductory phrase is followed by a comma.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. premises;
- A semicolon needs a complete sentence before it.
- C. premises
- The introductory phrase runs into the main clause.
- D. premises, and
- "and" cannot join a phrase to a clause.
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