Which sentence shows the correct way to use a semicolon? a. out of thirty students; only eight students for as. b. the entire class of thirty students; studied hard for their test c. the thirty students studied for the test; without any problems d. the thirty students studied for the test; only eight students got as. only answer if you < 3

The sentence that shows the correct way to use a semicolon is: The thirty students studied for the test; only eight students got As.

A semicolon is part of a punctuation mark that correctly merges two independent clauses into a simple sentence. It is used to make a bit more pause than the use of a comma while reading a longer sentence.

From the given options, the sentence that correctly shows the way to use a semicolon is:

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D. The thirty students studied for the test; only eight students got A's.

Explanation:

A semicolon is used to separate independent clauses that have no coordinating conjunctions between them.    

Sentence D shows the correct way to use a semicolon because it contains two independent clauses with no coordinating conjunction between them.  

All the other choices are sentences that contain only one clause each, so they don't need a semicolon.

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