Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct? He couldn't find his baseball glove, it was under a pile of clothes.
He couldn't find his baseball glove it was under a pile of clothes. He couldn't find his baseball glove and it was under a pile of clothes. He couldn't find his baseball glove; it was under a pile of clothes.
As the rule stated, a semicolon is prefered rather than a comma if you have two independent clauses connected without a conjunction. If you have two long independent clauses when conjunctions such as and, or, but, for, nor, you will prefer a comma.
So, the correct option is D. He couldn't find his baseball glove; it was under a pile of clothes.
Since we have two independent clauses without a conjuction to connect them, a semicolon is employed to separate them.
when my best friend was using bad ways of coping, i was really worried about her, but I really needed to be honest with her. So, I talked to her about why this kind of thing is not good for her and that she might need to find some help. Now, she is in a much better place.
