Paul's neighbours were terrible; so his brother's friends went round to have a word.
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B
Paul's neighbours were terrible: so his brother's friends went round to have a word.
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C
Paul's neighbours were terrible, so his brother's friends went round to have a word.
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D
Paul's neighbours were terrible so his brother's friends went round to have a word.
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Solution
The correct option is C Paul's neighbours were terrible, so his brother's friends went round to have a word.
The given sentence has two independent clauses joined by a conjunction. A comma is used before a coordinating conjunction (here, 'so') to join two independent clauses whereas, a semi colon (;) is used between two independent clauses when the coordinating conjunction is omitted.
A colon (:) is used to separate two clauses when the second explains or illustrates the first.
According to the given reason, Options A,B and D can be termed incorrect and the correct answer is Option C.