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Which choice shows the proper way to use a semicolon

A-The painting;The Night Sky,is beautiful
B-the Night sky is not very realistic;but it is beautiful
C-although the night sky is beautiful ;not very realistic
D-the night sky is not very realistic ;nevertheless ,it is beautiful

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The correct answer is D because the 2 parts of the sentence convey opposite ideas
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The answer to your question would be that the choice that shows the proper way to use a semicolon is the following one: In the night sky is not very realistic; nevertheless, it is beautiful. That is, the correct option is D.

You should use semicolons with conjunctive adverbs. When you have a conjunctive adverb linking two independent clauses, you should use a semicolon. In this case, the conjunctive adverb is linking the clauses "the night sky is not very realistic" and "it is beautiful".

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