Asked by Jerry

They sustained life threatening injuries in the forest fire, their names, ironically, are included on the list of suspected arsonist.

How would you correct the sentence structure error?

a. separate the two clauses with a colon
b. join the two independent clauses with a semicolon
c. create three shorter sentences
d.change the number of the verb

B?
Answered by Writeacher
Yes, B.
Answered by Writeacher
Actually, there are a couple of other corrections that are needed.

life-threatening (needs the hyphen)
arsonists (plural, not singular, is needed)