Which word in the sentence, if any, should be followed by a semicolon?

Hay fever does not actually cause a person's temperature to rise instead, it is an allergy caused by pollen.

A.
rise

B.
temperature

C.
allergy

D.
A semicolon is not needed.

Question

Which word in the sentence, if any, should be followed by a semicolon? 

Hay fever does not actually cause a person's temperature to rise instead, it is an allergy caused by pollen.
  
 
 

 
 

  

  A. 
  rise   
   

 
 

  

  B. 
  temperature   
   

 
 

  

  C. 
  allergy   
   

 
 

  

  D. 
  A semicolon is not needed.

anonymous · Answer

A. rise

"Hay fever does not actually cause a person's temperature to rise" is a complete thought/sentence, while B and C options are not. A semicolon is definitely needed, as the sentence would not make sense without it.