Boundaries: Punctuation and Sentence Structure

SAT Reading and Writing· difficulty 2/5

The expedition reached the summit by mid-morning ______ and the climbers spent less than thirty minutes there before beginning their descent.

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

  • A

    ;

  • B

    (empty)

  • C

    ,

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  • D

    :

Explanation

Two independent clauses joined by the coordinating conjunction "and" take a comma before "and."

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