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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?

  1. A. 1962,Correct
  2. B. 1962;
  3. C. 1962
  4. 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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