SAT Reading & Writing · Boundaries
The contract required approval from every department ______ finance, legal, and operations ______ before it could be finalized.
The contract required approval from every department ______ finance, legal, and operations ______ before it could be finalized.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Answer and explanation
Answer: A: , ... ,
"Finance, legal, and operations" is a supplement specifying which departments are meant, inserted between "every department" and the rest of the sentence. A mid-sentence supplement of this kind needs a comma at both the start and end. A supplies both. B supplies neither, C mismatches a colon with a comma, and D supplies only the opening comma.
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