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Question #N534

A recent study by researchers at the University of Oxford found that people who regularly listen to music are better at recognizing patterns. This finding could have important implications for the development of new learning tools, as well as for our understanding of how the brain processes information. The researchers believe that music, like language, can help to strengthen the brain's ability to detect and process patterns. Which of the following choices most logically completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

______. They are particularly interested in how music, like language, can help to strengthen the brain’s ability to detect and process patterns.

A. They are particularly interested in how music, like language, can help to strengthen the brain’s ability to detect and process patterns.

B. They are particularly interested in how music, like language, can help to strengthen the brain’s ability to detect and process patterns;

C. They are particularly interested in how music, like language, can help to strengthen the brain’s ability to detect and process patterns.

D. They are particularly interested in how music, like language, can help to strengthen the brain’s ability to detect and process patterns—

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Correct Answer is: A

The sentence contains two independent clauses, so a comma and a coordinating conjunction are needed to connect them. Choices B, C, and D are incorrect because they use incorrect punctuation to connect the clauses.