Sentence Connection and Punctuation
Choose the statement with the best punctuation: I can't live in the house it is damp.
Answer: I can't live in the house; it is damp
Explanation
A semicolon (;) is used to separate two closely related independent clauses without a conjunction.
In this sentence, "I can't live in the house" and "it is damp" are independent clauses, making the semicolon appropriate.
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