Standard English ConventionsVery hardComma before a participial phrase that modifies the whole clause
Standard English Conventions practice question
The river rose two metres ____ the lower town for a week.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. overnight, floodingCorrect
- B. overnight flooding
- C. overnight; flooding
- D. overnight. Flooding
Answer: A. overnight, flooding
The participial phrase describing the result is set off by a comma.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. overnight flooding
- Without the comma, "overnight flooding" reads as a noun phrase.
- C. overnight; flooding
- A semicolon needs a complete sentence after it.
- D. overnight. Flooding
- "Flooding the lower town for a week" is a fragment.
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