Question

Latin America is known to have dozens, if not hundreds, of popular dance forms. Only 20 Mark for Review five of these dances are included in international ballroom dance _rumba, samba, cha-cha-cha, paso doble, and jive—the last of which is grouped with the other Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard Latin dances despite not having Latin roots English? A competitions, however: B competitions, however, competitions, however; D) competitions; however,

Answer 1

A

Explanation: The colon is needed to introduce the list that follows, and "however" functions as a parenthetical transitional word set off from the preceding clause. "competitions, however:" is the correct punctuation.