Standard English ConventionsHardComma after a long introductory phrase with a date
Standard English Conventions practice question
In the first week of the excavation in the summer of ____ the team found nothing but broken tiles.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. 1962,Correct
- B. 1962;
- C. 1962
- D. 1962, and
Answer: A. 1962,
A long introductory phrase is followed by a comma.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. 1962;
- A semicolon needs a complete sentence before it.
- C. 1962
- The phrase runs into the clause.
- D. 1962, and
- "and" cannot join a phrase to a clause.
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