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Standard English Conventions

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Punctuation between and inside sentences: periods, semicolons, colons, commas, and dashes, and knowing when no punctuation belongs at all.

Practice Boundaries 226 questions, no account needed.

The usual trap

The classic trap is a comma splice, two complete sentences joined by only a comma. Check whether each side of the blank could stand on its own.

Try three questions

Pick an answer to check it and see why.

  1. 01Question 1

    Easy

    The rings of ________ are made almost entirely of water ice and span hundreds of thousands of kilometers, yet in places they are only about ten meters thick.

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

  2. 02Question 2

    Medium

    The museum acquired three new instruments this ________ a baroque violin, a wooden flute, and a small traveling harp.

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

  3. 03Question 3

    Hard

    The old printing press still ________ its iron frame, oiled and tightened by the retired pressman, turned out clean pages as crisp as any modern machine's.

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

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226 questions in the bank: 123 Easy, 62 Medium, 41 Hard.

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