hyenas have strong jaws and canine teeth, and they live and hunt in packs. for these reasons, many people…
hyenas have strong jaws and canine teeth, and they live and hunt in packs. for these reasons, many people assume they are wild ______ they are actually more closely related to cats, mongooses, and genets. which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of standard english? choose 1 answer: a dogs, but b dogs but: c dogs, d dogs
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Brief Explanations:
The sentence presents a contrast. The first part says people assume hyenas are wild dogs (so a comma is needed after "dogs" to separate the main clause "many people assume they are wild dogs" from the contrasting part). The word "but" is used to show the contrast (they are actually more closely related to cats, etc.). Option B has incorrect punctuation (a colon is wrong here). Option C is missing the contrast - indicating word "but". Option D is also missing the contrast - indicating word "but" and the necessary comma.
Answer:
A. dogs, but