Question

although there are more than 2000 varieties of cheese in the ____ most widely consumed is mozzarella.
which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of standard english?
choose 1 answer:
a world. the
b world, the
c world; the
d world the

Explanation:

This is a sentence structure question. The first clause is a dependent introductory phrase, so we need a comma to separate it from the independent main clause that follows. We use a lowercase "the" after the comma to start the main clause correctly. Option A uses a period which would make the first part a complete sentence incorrectly, option C uses a semicolon which is not needed here as the first part is not an independent clause, and option D has no punctuation which is grammatically wrong.

Answer:

B. world, the