Identify the correctly punctuated sentence:
Question and options
Identify the correctly punctuated sentence:
- I cannot go to the party; I have too much homework.
- I cannot go to the party; because I have too much homework.
- I cannot go to the party I have too much homework.
- I cannot go to the party, I have too much homework.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A - I cannot go to the party; I have too much homework.
Two closely related independent clauses are correctly joined with a semicolon. The 'because' version wrongly uses a semicolon before a subordinate clause, the version with no punctuation is a run-on, and the comma version is a comma splice.
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