Which of the following statements is correctly punctuated?
A. Frank was very hungry: he went looking for food.
B. Since it was New Year’s Day: the bank, supermarket and corner store were all closed.
C. Allen ran away as fast as he could; until he was safe.
D. Bobby could not hold back the tears; he had never been so happy.

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I think it is option D . As A and B are not possible , and C , the punctuation before ‘until he was safe’ is wrong , so D is the only possibility.

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dubeyshailja64 dubeyshailja64 · Answer 2 · 2022-08-16T13:04:10+02:00

The following statement is correctly punctuated Bobby could not hold back the tears; he had never been so happy. Thus the correct answer is D.

What is punctuation?

Punctuation is referred to as an element of English grammar structure and helps to provide pause or break in sentences for clear interpretation of thought in sentences. This punctuation will be done with the help of punctuation marks.

There are different types of punctuation mark available which include full stop, comma, colon, semi-colon, quotation marks and so on which are used in different places as per the need of a sentence or conversation.

In sentence D "Bobby could not hold back the tears; he had never been so happy" is correctly punctuated as it takes proper use of semicolons for defining two independent clauses.

Therefore, option D is appropriate.

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