Question

practice grammar quiz: fragment/splice/run on quiz
english 10 (s2 p06 rm c226) schurg, darden / grammar / grammar group 2 (s2) clauses

1. checkers is not the easiest game in the world, which is why you should stop playing now.

checkers is not the easiest game in the world. which is why you should stop playing now.
checkers is not the easiest game in the world: which is why you should stop playing now.
correct as is
checkers is not the easiest game in the world; which is why you should stop playing now.

Explanation:

To determine the correct option, we analyze each choice:

• The first option starts "Which" with a capital letter after a period, making the second part a fragment (since "Which..." can't stand alone as a sentence).
• The second option uses a colon before "which", but a colon is incorrect here as "which..." is a non - restrictive clause, not a list or explanation that a colon is used for.
• The fourth option uses a semicolon before "which", but a semicolon is used to separate two independent clauses, and "which is why you should stop playing now" is a dependent clause (it depends on the main clause for meaning).
• The original sentence "Checkers is not the easiest game in the world, which is why you should stop playing now" uses a comma to introduce the non - restrictive relative clause "which is why you should stop playing now", which is grammatically correct. So the sentence is correct as is.

Answer:

correct as is