Question

Choose the option that best corrects the underlined part of the sentence:
Delayed trains flooded roads and traffic jams, these made Lucy late to work on Monday morning.

• A. Delayed trains, flooded roads, and traffic jams: these
• B. Delayed trains; flooded roads; and traffic jams; these
• C. Delayed trains, flooded roads, and traffic jams; these
• D. NO CHANGE

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

The given sentence provides a list of reasons that made Lucy late for work. According to general rule, a colon is used to introduce a list of items in a sentence. Also, in order to separate different items in a list, a comma should be used.

Thus, the correct answer will be Option C.

A semi colon is used to separate the list items when the list items themselves contain commas.