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OpenStudy (anonymous):

25) WILL GIVE MEDAL FOR THE LAST QUESTION. Which word or words and punctuation best corrects any errors in the sentence? It's too rainy to have our picnic however we could go to the movies. a. picnic; however, b. picnic; however c. picnic, however, d. picnic, however

OpenStudy (foreverjennnicole):

What do you think?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

a or c? @foreverjennnicole

OpenStudy (kobeni-chan):

A semicolon is used to separate two parts of a sentence that could be two separate sentences, but are not.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ohh so my guess wasnt right?

OpenStudy (kobeni-chan):

Oh, I was just trying to help you narrow it down between A and C.

OpenStudy (kobeni-chan):

In this case, if a semicolon *could* work, it probably will :D

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ohh ok ok... so do u know what the answer is then? @kobeni-chan

OpenStudy (kobeni-chan):

It would be A., because if you put a period in its place and capitalized the H for However, it would still be understandable as two sentences, without any other changes.

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