Standard English ConventionsHardSemicolon between an announcement and a detail
Standard English Conventions practice question
The choir will perform on ____ tickets are available from the school office.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. Friday;Correct
- B. Friday,
- C. Friday
- D. Friday: and
Answer: A. Friday;
Two complete sentences joined by a semicolon.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Friday,
- A comma splice.
- C. Friday
- Run together.
- D. Friday: and
- A colon is not followed by "and".
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