Nigerian author Buchi Emecheta’s celebrated literary oeuvre includes The Joys of Motherhood , a novel about the changing roles of

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Nigerian author Buchi Emecheta&rsquo;s celebrated literary oeuvre includes The Joys of Motherhood , a novel about the changing roles of women in 1950s ______ blank a television play about the private struggles of a newlywed couple in Nigeria; and Head Above Water , her autobiography. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

Accepted Answer

Choice B is the best answer. The convention being tested is the punctuation of items in a complex series (a series including internal punctuation). In this choice, the semicolon after &ldquo;Lagos&rdquo; is conventionally used to separate the first item (&ldquo; The Joys ...Lagos&rdquo;) and the second item (&ldquo; A Kind ...Nigeria&rdquo;) in the series. Further, the comma after &ldquo; Marriage &rdquo; correctly separates the title &ldquo; A Kind of Marriage &rdquo; from the supplementary phrase (&ldquo;a television...Nigeria&rdquo;) that describes it. Choice A is incorrect because the comma after &ldquo;Lagos&rdquo; doesn&rsquo;t match the semicolon used later in the series to separate the second item (&ldquo; A Kind ...Nigeria&rdquo;) from the third item (&ldquo;and...autobiography&rdquo;). Choice C is incorrect because the comma after &ldquo;Lagos&rdquo; doesn&rsquo;t match the semicolon used later in the series to separate the second item (&ldquo; A Kind ...Nigeria&rdquo;) from the third item (&ldquo;and...autobiography&rdquo;). Additionally, a colon can&rsquo;t be used in this way to separate the title &ldquo; A Kind of Marriage &rdquo; from the supplementary phrase (&ldquo;a television...Nigeria&rdquo;) that describes it. Choice D is incorrect because it fails to use appropriate punctuation to separate the title &ldquo; A Kind of Marriage &rdquo; from the supplementary phrase (&ldquo;a television...Nigeria&rdquo;) that describes it.

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