Standard English ConventionsHardComma before a trailing participial phrase
Standard English Conventions practice question
The choir sang the final ____ by the whole audience.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. hymn, joinedCorrect
- B. hymn joined
- C. hymn; joined
- D. hymn. Joined
Answer: A. hymn, joined
The participial phrase "joined by the whole audience" is set off by a comma.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. hymn joined
- Without the comma it reads as if the hymn were joined.
- C. hymn; joined
- A semicolon needs a complete sentence after it.
- D. hymn. Joined
- "Joined by the whole audience" is a fragment.
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