Question

Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly?

A. While Jackie prefers her coffee sweetened with heaps of sugar; her husband
drinks his black.
B. The flowers, which were blooming beautifully; dotted the landscape with
splashes of orange, yellow, and red.
C. Sondra practiced her speech for two hours last night; furthermore, she woke up
at 5:30 a.m. to review and practice it.
D. Around 11:45 last night I heard a loud crash coming from the kitchen. It was
my brother, who had knocked a glass vase onto the tile floor while making a
late-night snack.

Answer 1

C. Sondra practiced her speech for two hours last night; furthermore, she woke up at 5:30 a.m. to review and practice it.

Step-by-step explanation:

A and B clearly use the semicolon incorrectly, whereas there doesn't appear to be one in D at all. In A and B, the semicolon is placed in the middle of a sentence where they could be removed. When it is placed between clauses, each of the two parts of the sentence, if considered on their own, would make incomplete sentences. So a comma should replace the semicolon in those places.