Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly? (Remember, a semicolon joins two complete sentences.) Choose only ONE best answer A T
he appointed day arrived from far and near; gathered to the arena. B The appointed day arrived; the king and his court were in their places. People travelled from all over; from far and near
B The appointed day arrived; the king and his court were in their places.
Explanation:
A semicolon is used to join two independent clauses. These independent clauses may even function as complete sentences. The independent clauses must be closely related in thought. An independent clause refers to any group of words containing both a subject and a predicate.
Hence, looking at the sentence, The appointed day arrived; the king and his court were in their places.
"The appointed day arrived" as well as "the king and his court were in their places" are both independent clauses that are closely related in thought.
Hence, the correct use of the semicolon is in this sentence.
C. The last line from 'Stolen Day' says about the narrator that he was feeling embarrassed by his family. The narrator's worst fear of being laughed at and being embarrassed by his family members had come true and he was at the center of their mockery again. He had just caught a giant carp fish from the dam and came home running with it and then he said that he had inflammatory rheumatism. But he did not realize that a person suffering from inflammatory rheumatism is not capable of this physical feat that he had just accomplished.
A quote was used from the story, that backs up the point the person is trying to make. B and D are short and are not very helpful. C does not make sense because the points the person is bringing out would lead to believe Romeo would be labeled by who he is and not his name, so that does not make sense ethier.
