Question

Elise loved baking elaborate confections; she wanted to be a professional chef.
Choose the option that best corrects the underlined word.

• A. NO CHANGE
• B. confections:
• C. confections,
• D. confections ...

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

A semi colon is used to separate clauses which are loosely connected in thought. The given sentence consists of clauses that are not strongly connected, so a semi colon must be used to link them. Thus, the correct answer is Option A.

Option B - A colon is used between sentences grammatically correct but closely related.

Option C - A comma is used before a conjunction that connects two independent clauses

Option D - An ellipsis can be used to represent a trailing of thought.