Standard English ConventionsEasySemicolon between two related sentences
Standard English Conventions practice question
It is late ____ should go home.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. now; weCorrect
- B. now, we
- C. now we
- D. now: and we
Answer: A. now; we
Two complete sentences joined by a semicolon.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. now, we
- A comma splice.
- C. now we
- Run together.
- D. now: and we
- A colon is not followed by "and".
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