Boundaries: Punctuation and Sentence Structure

SAT Reading and Writing· difficulty 3/5

The chef's menu featured five courses ______ a soup, a salad, a fish course, a meat course, and a chocolate dessert.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

  • A

    (empty)

  • B

    , and they were

  • C

    ;

  • D

    :

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Explanation

A colon introduces a list after an independent clause. ";" needs an independent clause; ", and they were" creates a comma splice; " " creates a run-on.

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