Question

in 2000, nora de hoyos comstock, herself an owner of a successful, consulting firm, sought to increase latina representation in corporate ______ founded las comadres para las americas, an international community that for over two decades has served as a resource and information network for latina business professionals. which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of standard english? choose 1 answer: a settings she b settings. she c settings, she d settings and she

Explanation:

The original sentence has two independent clauses. The first is "Nora de Hoyos Comstock...corporate settings" and the second is "she founded...Latin business professionals". An independent clause should be separated from another independent clause by a period (or a semicolon or a comma + a coordinating conjunction). Option A has no proper separation (just a space), Option C has a comma which is incorrect for two independent clauses (as there's no coordinating conjunction), Option D has "and she" which is redundant (the original action of founding is a single - action sequence and doesn't need "and" in this context). Option B uses a period to correctly separate the two independent clauses.

Answer:

B. settings. She