Question

Which sentence below contains the correct use of a semicolon?

Although the rain wasn’t stopping; we decided to go to the store anyway.

We went to the store; after the rain finally stopped.

The rain finally stopped; however, the flooding kept us from going to the store.

We wanted to go to the store; and we went when the rain stopped.

Answer 1

"The rain finally stopped; however, the flooding kept us from going to the store."

Explanation: The semicolon correctly joins two independent clauses and is followed by the conjunctive adverb "however," which is then followed by a comma.