SAT OwlSaturn's rings are made mostly of water ice, with small amounts of rocky dust mixed in. Particles in Saturn's ______ range in size from tiny grains to chunks as large as houses.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
rings:
rings,
rings
rings;
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Answer: C
"Particles in Saturn's rings" is the subject of the sentence, and "range" is its verb. No punctuation should come between a subject and its verb, so the blank needs no punctuation.
Choice B may look natural before the verb, but a single comma should never separate a subject from its verb.
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