Read the sentence from an argumentative essay about the economy. The unstable economy caused lots of people to lose their jobs.
Which revision exhibits the best word choice for the underlined portion of the sentence? A.chaos with people losing their jobs
B.lots of people to get fired
C.a drastic increase in unemployment
D.a change in the number of people employed
Because of the unstable economy of the country, lots of people are getting fired which means that lots of people are getting unemployed. A drastic change in unemployment is seen. Rise in unemployment has greatly taken place.
"B. Cheryl’s favorite <span>snack is chocolate; she could eat it daily" is the only sentence that uses a semicolon properly, since the purpose of the semicolon is to provide a "pause" longer than a comma but shorter than a colon. </span>
