In 1976, the Inuit rock group Sikumiut recorded the album People of the Ice. Though only their ﬁrst record, it shows a band
already skilled at the diﬃcult task of making music that sounds easy and fun. On songs like “Utirumavunga,” Lucassie
Koperqualuk’s guitar riffs effortlessly ______ Charlie Adams’s delightfully catchy vocal melodies.
blend, with
blend. With
blend; with
blend with
Choice D is the best answer. The convention being tested is punctuation between a verb and a prepositional phrase. No
punctuation is needed between the verb “blend” and the prepositional phrase “with Charlie Adams’s delightfully catchy vocal
melodies.” The prepositional phrase completes the idea of the sentence, explaining with what Koperqualuk’s guitar riffs
blend.
Choice A is incorrect because no punctuation is needed between the verb and the prepositional phrase.  Choice B is
incorrect because no punctuation is needed between the verb and the prepositional phrase.  Choice C is incorrect because
no punctuation is needed between the verb and the prepositional phrase.