The fleet with the wedding party on board sailed southward on the China Sea. It was a long and perilous voyage. Which correctly
uses a semicolon to link these two sentences? A) The fleet with the wedding; on board sailed southward on the China Sea, was a long and perilous voyage. B) The fleet with the wedding party on board sailed southward on the China Sea: It was a long and perilous voyage. C) The fleet with the wedding party on board sailed southward on the China Sea; it was a long and perilous voyage. D) The fleet with the wedding party on board sailed southward on the China Sea however; it was a long and perilous voyage.
C) The fleet with the wedding party on board sailed southward on the China Sea; it was a long and perilous voyage.
Explanation:
A semicolon is used to link two independent clauses that are related in meaning and it gives the two ideas equal importance when used together.
The correct answer is Option C because it was effectively used to replace the coordinating conjunction "and" in the sentence, thereby linking them up together.
Be glad your nose is on your face, you might dislike your nose a lot. The wording of this first stanza allows a childlike tone to be embraced, given that no word would be out of a child's reach of understanding.
