The pizza delivery boy was neither early nor late he was right on time. Question 12 options:

(A) Correct as it is

(B) The pizza delivery boy was neither early nor late, he was right on time.

(C) The pizza delivery boy was neither early nor late; and he was right on time. (D) The pizza delivery boy was neither early nor late: he was right on time.

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Osvaldo Valencia

11 March, 12:11

The pizza delivery boy was neither early nor late he was right on time. Question 12 options:

(A) Correct as it is

(B) The pizza delivery boy was neither early nor late, he was right on time.

(C) The pizza delivery boy was neither early nor late; and he was right on time. (D) The pizza delivery boy was neither early nor late: he was right on time.

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Andrews · Answer 1

D: The pizza delivery boy was neither early nor late: he was right on time.

Franco Werner · Answer 2

(D) The pizza delivery boy was neither early nor late: he was right on time.

Explanation:

Option (A) : The statement given in the question is not correct because there is no punctuations to differentiate the sentences.

Option (B) : The commas are generally used after conjunctions to connect two clauses with independent meaning and it is used after a dependent clause. From the given sentence, there are two independent clauses but there is no conjunction between the sentences.

Option (C) : The semicolon used here is correct but there is a conjunction after semicolon which is not correct. The semicolon is used to separate two clauses with independent meaning.

Option (D) : A colon is used between two clauses with independent meaning while the second sentence expands the first sentence. So, this is the correct answer.