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bill533:

Which revision correctly combines these two sentences? It had been raining for hours. The children curled up with their favorite novels. A. It had been raining for hours; The children curled up with their favorite novels. B. It had been raining for hours; the children curled up with their favorite novels. C. It had been raining for hours; so the children curled up with their favorite novels. D. It had been raining for hours; So, the children curled up with their favorite novels.

bill533:

@AP

AP:

What's your guess @bill533

bill533:

C ?

AP:

It's probably B.), because when using a semicolon, prepositions like "so" are unnecessary.

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