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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.
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.
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The correct option is A Delayed trains, flooded roads, and traffic jams: these
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.
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.
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