Question
Why is a semicolon used in the following excerpt?
. . . it is very select; not many are given to employees,
Question 9 options:
A)
There's no signal phrase present.
B)
There are two dependent clauses present.
C)
There's only one dependent clause.
D)
There are two independent clauses present.
. . . it is very select; not many are given to employees,
Question 9 options:
A)
There's no signal phrase present.
B)
There are two dependent clauses present.
C)
There's only one dependent clause.
D)
There are two independent clauses present.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The correct answer is:
D) There are two independent clauses present.
A semicolon is used to connect two closely related independent clauses without using a conjunction. In this case, the phrase before the semicolon and the phrase after it can stand alone as complete sentences.
D) There are two independent clauses present.
A semicolon is used to connect two closely related independent clauses without using a conjunction. In this case, the phrase before the semicolon and the phrase after it can stand alone as complete sentences.