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Which choice best maintains the sentence pattern already established in line [19]?
Which choice best maintains the sentence pattern already established in line [19]?
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Solution
The correct option is A NO CHANGE
Option A is the correct answer because a comma after the word “hydrant” separates the phrase “a pigeon pecking for crumbs around a fire hydrant” from the phrase “an old man tending to a baby outside a doorway.” Hence the given sentence is correct the way it is and does not need to be changed.Option B is incorrect because a dash is not a conventional choice for punctuating items in a series. Choice C is incorrect because although a colon can be used to introduce a series, it is not a conventional choice for separating items within a series.Option D is not the correct answer because it fuses together two items in the series. Separating the phrases “a pigeon pecking for crumbs around a fire hydrant” and “an old man tending to a baby outside a doorway” requires punctuation.
Option A is the correct answer because a comma after the word “hydrant” separates the phrase “a pigeon pecking for crumbs around a fire hydrant” from the phrase “an old man tending to a baby outside a doorway.” Hence the given sentence is correct the way it is and does not need to be changed.
Option B is incorrect because a dash is not a conventional choice for punctuating items in a series.
Choice C is incorrect because although a colon can be used to introduce a series, it is not a conventional choice for separating items within a series.
Option D is not the correct answer because it fuses together two items in the series. Separating the phrases “a pigeon pecking for crumbs around a fire hydrant” and “an old man tending to a baby outside a doorway” requires punctuation.
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