What Is the Use of Semicolons

question 77

Multiple Choice

What is the use of semicolons?

• A)They can be used to separate two independent clauses.
• B)They are used to offset clauses that are not essential to the sentence.
• C)They are used to separate more than one adjective modifying a noun.
• D)They replace letters omitted in a contraction.
• E)They indicate relationships among groups of items in a series when the individual items are separated by commas.

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Definitions:

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