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Boundaries Test- 1 - Question 1

Detroit natives Timothy Paule and Nicole Lindsey have combined their two passions, Detroit and beekeeping, to improve the health of their city's flowers and other vegetation. In 2017, the couple converted a vacant lot in the city into an ______ in the years that followed they acquired nine additional lots and established more than 35 hives.

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

Detailed Solution for Boundaries Test- 1 - Question 1

Choice A. This choice results in a run-on sentence error. Both clauses in this sentence could stand alone as complete sentences, which means they are both independent clauses. Independent clauses need to have certain kinds of punctuation marks between them. This choice doesn't use any punctuation between the two clauses.

Choice B. This choice results in a comma splice error. Both clauses in this sentence could stand alone as complete sentences, which means they are both independent clauses. A comma by itself is not enough punctuation to link two independent clauses.

Choice C. This choice results in a run-on sentence error. Both clauses in this sentence could stand alone as complete sentences, which means they are both independent clauses. Independent clauses can only be linked in a few ways, including with a comma plus a coordinating conjunction. This choice uses the coordinating conjunction "and", but it is missing the comma beforehand.

Choice D. This is the best choice. Both clauses in this sentence could stand alone as complete sentences, which means they are both independent clauses. This choice uses a comma plus a coordinating conjunction to link them together, which is one of the correct ways to link two independent clauses.

Boundaries Test- 1 - Question 2

It is tempting to glamorize the hunt for dinosaur ______ majority of fieldwork is characterized by a daily routine of heat, insects, and tedious labor.

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

Detailed Solution for Boundaries Test- 1 - Question 2

Choice A. This choice creates a comma splice error. Both "it . . . fossils" and "the majority . . . labor" are independent clauses, so they can't be linked by just a comma.

Choice B. This choice creates a run-on sentence error. Both "it . . . fossils" and "the majority . . . labor" are independent clauses, so they need to be separated by some type of punctuation.

Choice C. This choice creates a run-on sentence error. Both "it . . . fossils" and "the majority . . . labor" are independent clauses, so they need to be separated by some type of punctuation.

Choice D. This is the best choice. The coordinating conjunction "but" grammatically links the two independent clauses while logically indicating the contrast between them.

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Boundaries Test- 1 - Question 3

Though Paul Revere is best known today for his "midnight ride" during the American _____ was famous in his own day as a prosperous silversmith and businessman.

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

Detailed Solution for Boundaries Test- 1 - Question 3

Choice A. This choice creates a punctuation error. What comes before the semicolon isn't an independent clause, so a semicolon can't be used.

Choice B. This choice creates a coordination error. The coordinating conjunction "but" is redundant with the subordinating conjunction "though", which appears at the start of the sentence.

Choice C. This is the best choice. It appropriately uses a comma to link a dependent clause to an independent clause without introducing any logic or redundancy errors.

Choice D. This choice creates a run on sentence error. The dependent clause "though . . . Revolution" must be separated with punctuation from the independent clause that follows.

Boundaries Test- 1 - Question 4

Luci Tapahonso is the inaugural poet laureate of the Navajo Nation. Her book Sáanii Dahataal/The Women Are Singing—a combination of fiction and memoir, poetry and ______ serves as a testament to her versatility as a writer.

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

Detailed Solution for Boundaries Test- 1 - Question 4

Choice A. This is the best choice. "A combination of fiction and memoir, poetry and prose" is a nonessential supplement, so it needs to be set off from the rest of the sentence with a pair of matching punctuation marks. We already have a dash at the beginning of the supplement, so we need to add a dash at the end of the supplement to match.

Choice B. This doesn't complete the text in a way that conforms to the conventions of Standard English. "A combination of fiction and memoir, poetry and prose" is a nonessential supplement, so it needs to be set off from the rest of the sentence with a pair of matching punctuation marks. We already have a dash at the beginning of the supplement, so we need to add a dash at the end of the supplement to match.

Choice C. This doesn't complete the text in a way that conforms to the conventions of Standard English. "A combination of fiction and memoir, poetry and prose" is a nonessential supplement, so it needs to be set off from the rest of the sentence with a pair of matching punctuation marks. We already have a dash at the beginning of the supplement, so we need to add a dash at the end of the supplement to match.

Choice D. This doesn't complete the text in a way that conforms to the conventions of Standard English. "A combination of fiction and memoir, poetry and prose" is a nonessential supplement, so it needs to be set off from the rest of the sentence with a pair of matching punctuation marks. We already have a dash at the beginning of the supplement, so we need to add a dash at the end of the supplement to match.

Boundaries Test- 1 - Question 5

The sandhill ______ to North America, has the longest fossil history of any extant bird at ten million years.

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

Detailed Solution for Boundaries Test- 1 - Question 5

Choice A. This choice creates a punctuation error. It fails to appropriately separate a nonessential element ("a large . . . America") from the rest of the sentence. While a comma appears at the end of the element, no punctuation appears at its start.

Choice B. This choice creates a punctuation error. It inappropriately uses both a dash and a comma to separate a nonessential element ("a large . . . America") from the rest of the sentence.

Choice C. This choice creates a punctuation error. No comma should appear before the preposition phrase "to North America". "Native to" is a conventional expression that shouldn't be broken up with a comma.

Choice D. This is the best choice. It appropriately uses a comma to separate a nonessential element ("a large . . . America") from the rest of the sentence. Notice that this comma matches the comma at the end of the element.

Boundaries Test- 1 - Question 6

Saint Lucia—a sovereign island in the ______ the only country in the world named after a historical woman.

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

Detailed Solution for Boundaries Test- 1 - Question 6

Choice A. This choice creates a punctuation error. It inappropriately uses both a dash and a comma to separate a nonessential element ("a sovereign . . . Caribbean") from the rest of the sentence.

Choice B. This is the best choice. It appropriately uses a dash to separate a nonessential element ("a sovereign . . . Caribbean") from the rest of the sentence. Notice that this dash matches the dash at the end of the element.

Choice C. This choice creates a punctuation error. It fails to appropriately separate a nonessential element ("a sovereign . . . Caribbean") from the rest of the sentence. While a dash appears at the start of the element, no punctuation appears at its end.

Choice D. This choice creates a punctuation error. The clauses before and after the semicolon aren't independent clauses, so a semicolon can't be used.

Boundaries Test- 1 - Question 7

According to Naomi Nakayama of the University of Edinburgh, the reason seeds from a dying dandelion appear to float in the air while ______ is that their porous plumes enhance drag, allowing the seeds to stay airborne long enough for the wind to disperse them throughout the surrounding area.

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

Detailed Solution for Boundaries Test- 1 - Question 7

Notice how the only thing that changes in the choices is what type of punctuation mark is used. That tells us this question focuses on punctuation.

Let's look at what comes before and after the blank:

Before the blank, there is a long and complicated noun phrase ("the reason . . . while falling")

After the blank is a verb ("is")

Both semicolons and colons must follow an independent clause. Neither side of the blank is an independent clause, so we can eliminate choices B and C.

We know that a comma shouldn't come between a subject and verb, so we don't want a comma here either. We can eliminate choice A.

The only choice that avoids making any punctuation errors is choice D, which actually avoids including punctuation. Choice D is the answer.

Boundaries Test- 1 - Question 8

An element's atomic number is ______ the number of protons in its nucleus, the number electrons in its uncharged state, and approximately half of its atomic mass.

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

Detailed Solution for Boundaries Test- 1 - Question 8

Choice A. This choice creates a punctuation error. What comes before the colon isn't an independent clause, so a colon can't be used.

Choice B. This choice creates a punctuation error. What comes before (and after) the semicolon isn't an independent clause, so a semicolon can't be used.

Choice C. This choice creates a punctuation error. No comma should interrupt the prepositional phrase "to the number".

Choice D. This is the best choice. It eliminates all unnecessary punctuation from the sentence.

Boundaries Test- 1 - Question 9

When he returned from the Galapagos islands in 1835, Charles Darwin brought back a young tortoise named ______ would live over 170 years before passing away at the Australia Zoo in 2006.

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

Detailed Solution for Boundaries Test- 1 - Question 9

Choice A. This choice creates a comma splice error. Both "Charles . . . Harriet" and "she . . . 2006" are independent clauses, so they can't be linked by only a comma.

Choice B. This choice creates a punctuation error. What comes after the semicolon "who . . . 2006" isn't an independent clause, so a semicolon can't be used.

Choice C. This choice creates a run-on sentence error. It fails to use punctuation to separate two independent clauses.

Choice D. This is the best choice. It appropriately uses a semicolon to link two independent clauses ("Charles . . . Harriet" and "she . . . 2006).

Boundaries Test- 1 - Question 10

Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly?

Detailed Solution for Boundaries Test- 1 - Question 10

Option B is the correct answer because it uses the semicolon to link two closely related independent clauses. Option A should use a comma instead of a semicolon, and option C incorrectly uses a semicolon; it should use a comma or be two separate sentences.

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