<span>The sentence where the semicolon is correctly used is the fourth option, letter D., I have a bicycle; I'll be riding it later today. A semicolon is used to join two ideas or more in a sentence. Example: I love mangoes;however, I hate it when it's not ripe. Semicolon connects related ideas.</span>
I believe the best answer is to foreshadow the conflict between Clarence and his father.
Have a good day.
Answer:
The next train <u>is</u> at exactly 3 o'clock this afternoon.
D. The conversation you write must sound natural for the characters.
This answer is correct because conversation between characters can add humor. However, if the dialogue does not match the characters' personalities it will seem contrived and unnatural. This will lead to the characters being unreliable and take away from the overall writing. Some of the other statements could be considered correct as well in certain situations; however, they are not correct in all situations where as D is correct in all.
B) It is unnecessary to oversee the athletes involved in mixed martial arts.
The viewpoint made in section one is that "State athletic commissions should strictly monitor and regulate the UFC." A rebuttal statement is one that goes against the viewpoint, so it needs to say something about how the UFC should not be monitored or regulated. Option A agrees with the viewpoint by saying overseeing athletes is necessary. Option B states the opposite by saying it is unnecessary to oversee athletes. Therefore, this is the correct answer. Option C says that athletes must self-regulate. While this puts the responsibility of regulating on the athletes, it does not take it away from the commissions. There is nothing here to suggest that the commissions would not regulate just because the athletes are. Option D has nothing to do with monitoring or regulating so it is a poor choice.
