Choose the correct punctuation for the following sentence. Because of the line ups we didn’t go to the mall on Boxing Day.

Group of answer choices

line ups, we didn’t go

line ups we didn’t go

line ups; we didn’t go

line ups: we didn’t go

1 answer

The correct punctuation for the sentence is:

line ups; we didn’t go

The semicolon is appropriate here because it separates two independent clauses that are closely related.