A few graves in the cemetery were marked with crumbling tombstones; newer ones were outlined with brightly colored glass and broken Coca-Cola bottles. Lightning rods guarding some graves denoted dead who rested uneasily; stumps of burned-out candles stood at the heads of infant graves.

In the excerpt above, what best describes the way in which the author is using a semicolon?

to connect two closely related clauses without a coordinating conjunction

to connect two closely related clauses with a conjunctive adverb

to connect two main clauses with complex internal punctuation

to clarify the meaning of phrases in a series

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Pranav Norton

6 December, 17:34

A few graves in the cemetery were marked with crumbling tombstones; newer ones were outlined with brightly colored glass and broken Coca-Cola bottles. Lightning rods guarding some graves denoted dead who rested uneasily; stumps of burned-out candles stood at the heads of infant graves.

In the excerpt above, what best describes the way in which the author is using a semicolon?

to connect two closely related clauses without a coordinating conjunction

to connect two closely related clauses with a conjunctive adverb

to connect two main clauses with complex internal punctuation

to clarify the meaning of phrases in a series

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Kayla Velez · Answer 1

The author connected two closely related clauses without a coordinating conjunction using a semi-colon. Semi-colons are commonly sued to link two independent clauses that are somewhat closely related in thought and the writer used it that way.