Boundaries: Punctuation and Sentence Structure

SAT Reading and Writing· difficulty 3/5

Excited by the discovery of a previously unknown manuscript ______ the historian booked a flight to the archive in Florence the next morning.

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

  • A

    :

  • B

    ,

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  • C

    ;

  • D

    (empty)

Explanation

The introductory participial phrase modifying "the historian" must be followed by a comma to separate it from the main clause.

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