Standard English ConventionsVery hardNo comma in a long compound predicate
Standard English Conventions practice question
The committee reviewed the applications over three ____ chose none of them.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. evenings andCorrect
- B. evenings, and
- C. evenings; and
- D. evenings, and it
Answer: A. evenings and
"reviewed … and chose" share one subject, so no comma goes before "and".
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. evenings, and
- A comma before "and" is for two complete clauses.
- C. evenings; and
- A semicolon needs a complete sentence after it.
- D. evenings, and it
- "and it chose" makes a second clause, which would then need the comma but changes the structure needlessly.
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