The following sentence may need a semicolon to separate independent clauses. Select the answer option that will make the sentence correct. If the original sentence is correct, select No change.

Question

Thomas Newcomen (1663–1729) and James Watt (1736–1819) developed the steam engine. Many years later, George Stephenson (1781–1848) used a steam engine in a vehicle that rode on iron rails.
Group of answer choices

Replace the comma after later with a semicolon.

Put a semicolon after vehicle.

No change

Answer 1

No change.