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
;
- Dcheck_circle
:
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.