What is the purpose of the semicolon in the following sentence? I decided to wear my favorite green sweater out to dinner with Jenna; after all, she had given it to me for my birthday.

A. It joins closely related independent clauses.
B. It separates items that already contain commas.
C. It introduces a list after an independent clause.
D. It introduces a quotation after an independent clause.

Le of stalingrad.spanish classuniverse project-19read the excerpt from "the love song of j. alfred prufrock."and indeed there will be timeto wonder, "do i dare? " and, "do i dare? time to turn back and descend the stair,with a bald spot in the middle of my hair -(they will say: "how his hair is growing thin! ")my morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin,my necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin(they will say: "but how his arms and legs are thin! ")do i daredisturb the universe? in a minute there is timefor decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse,which words best indicate that prufrock feels uncertain? disturb, universe, minuteturn back, revisions, reverse

Once you have finished revising your peer’s essay, continue to demonstrate your understanding of grammar and punctuation by writing an essay containing all of the grammatical concepts outlined above. your essay should be short, just 250 words, and it can be written on any subject. it should contain an example of parallel structure, an example of every type of phrase and clause outlined in this lesson, an example of two independent clauses connected by a semicolon, and an example of a colon. if you are struggling to come up with an idea for an essay, consider writing it about the themes present in one of the texts you have read already.

Read the excerpt from "a modest proposal." the poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress, and to pay their landlord's rent, their corn and cattle being already seized, and money a thing unknown. which statement effectively uses a quotation to show that swift claims that the poor will also benefit from his proposal? “swift writes that poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress.” swift writes that poorer tenants will finally have something to pay their landlord’s rent since they have neither money nor trade. swift writes that poorer tenants will have something to trade for rent since “their corn and cattle” have already been seized. swift writes that “poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own” that can “ to pay their landlord’s rent.”