Standard English ConventionsEasyComma before so joining two clauses
Standard English Conventions practice question
The film was ____ we left early.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. boring, soCorrect
- B. boring so
- C. boring, so,
- D. boring; so
Answer: A. boring, so
"so" joins two complete sentences and takes a comma before it.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. boring so
- The comma is missing.
- C. boring, so,
- No comma goes after "so".
- D. boring; so
- A semicolon is not used with "so".
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