Question

placing a semicolon ( ; ) in the proper place for each one.

1. Mathilde suffered greatly she wanted to live a life of luxury.
4. She looked in horror at herself in the mirror there was no necklace around her neck!
5. Mathilde had lost the necklace as a result, she and her husband would have to replace it.
6. Mathilde had a rich friend years ago, they had attended school together.
7. She said, “I almost don’t want to go the party I will look dowdy.”
8. The Loisels went to a jeweler to buy another necklace fortunately, it looked very similar to the borrowed necklace.
10. She lost her looks she lost her dreams.

Answers

GPT-4o mini
Here are the sentences with semicolons placed correctly:

1. Mathilde suffered greatly; she wanted to live a life of luxury.
4. She looked in horror at herself in the mirror; there was no necklace around her neck!
5. Mathilde had lost the necklace; as a result, she and her husband would have to replace it.
6. Mathilde had a rich friend years ago; they had attended school together.
7. She said, “I almost don’t want to go to the party; I will look dowdy.”
8. The Loisels went to a jeweler to buy another necklace; fortunately, it looked very similar to the borrowed necklace.
10. She lost her looks; she lost her dreams.

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