Boundaries: Punctuation and Sentence Structure

SAT Reading and Writing· difficulty 3/5

The volunteer organizers planned the festival's lineup with care ______ and secured permits well before the deadline.

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

  • A

    ;

  • B

    ,

  • C

    (empty)

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  • D

Explanation

"Planned...and secured" share the subject "the volunteer organizers" — a compound predicate that does not take a comma before "and."

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