Question

NEED HELP BAD: Which answer choice is a correctly punctuated compound sentence?

A) Stella's shoulder injury is very painful, the doctor thinks she may need a surgery
B)Stella's shoulder injury is very painful; the doctor thinks she may need a surgery
C)Stella's shoulder injury is very painful and the doctor thinks she may need a surgery
D)Stella's shoulder injury is very painful the doctor thinks she may need a surgery

Answer 1

I believe the answer is B.

hope this helps

Answer 2

I wanna say B. because the semicolon is used to join two or more ideas (parts) in a sentence