Answer:
B. The meeting was only supposed to be for an hour; however, it ran for nearly 3 hours.
Explanation:
A semicolon is most commonly used to link (in a single sentence) two independent clauses that are closely related in thought. When a semicolon is used to join two or more ideas (parts) in a sentence, those ideas are then given equal position or rank. Use the semicolon if you have two independent clauses <em>connected without a conjunction</em>. Also use the semicolon when you already have commas within a sentence for smaller separations, and you need the semicolon to show bigger separations.
The sentence that is punctuated correctly and has correct capitalization is: "Have you ever seen a shooting star?" asked Terry. This is the sentence that is correctly punctuated because the rule in quoting a question sentence is applied correctly. A question mark should be put inside the quotation marks. If a question mark is used, it is no longer necessary to put a comma.
Seafaring commercial jobs, military, etc.
There were 2,603 death row inmates in the United States.
Three hundred twenty-five women have since served as U.S. Representatives.
Answer:
I think it is b. The speaker is not convicted about this unconventional manner of speaking, and he sees no reason to continue with speaking this way.
Explanation:
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