Boundaries: Punctuation and Sentence Structure

SAT Reading and Writing· difficulty 2/5

Bamboo can grow up to 35 inches in a single day ______ it is one of the fastest-growing plants on Earth.

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

  • A

    , and

  • B

    (empty)

  • C

    ;

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  • D

    , it

Explanation

A semicolon joins two related independent clauses cleanly. " " is a run-on; ", and" is acceptable but the semicolon is more concise without an explicit conjunction; ", it" is a comma splice.

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