The novelist Agatha Christie was known as the "Queen of Crime," but she also wrote romantic novels under a different _________ of her six romances was written under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott.
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writingWhich choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A
name. Each
B
name each
C
name, each
D
name and each
Correct Answer: A
Choice A is the best answer. It correctly uses a period to separate two distinct independent clauses.
Choice B is incorrect because it creates a run-on sentence. Choice C is incorrect because it creates a comma splice. Choice D is grammatically acceptable but Choice A offers a distinct sentence boundary which is standard for independent ideas.