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Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

a. as if on cue, one entire row of people on the subway stood up and began to dance the tango they danced off at the next stop.
b. as if on cue, one entire row of people on the subway stood up and began to dance the tango, they danced off at the next stop.
c. as if on cue, one entire row of people on the subway stood up and began to dance the tango; they danced off at the next stop.
d. as if on cue, one entire row of people on the subway stood up and began to dance the tango and they danced off at the next stop?

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C is the correct answer punctuated to perfection
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Answer:

Because semicolons help to link 2 independent sentences that are related in 1 idea, or put together several ideas in a sentence, especially when commas already appear in the first clause and the writer wants to show a bigger separation; the most suitable answer would be (C.)

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