Boundaries: Punctuation and Sentence Structure

SAT Reading and Writing· difficulty 2/5

The Pacific Ocean is the largest body of water on Earth ______ it covers more area than all the continents combined.

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

Explanation

A colon introduces an explanation of the first clause. "," is a splice; " " is a run-on; ", that" creates a fragment.

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