The following sentence may need a semicolon to separate independent clauses. Select the answer option that will make the sentence correct. If the original sentence is correct, select No change.
Industrialization thrived in England, where factories replaced home manufacturing, industrialization came into its own, though, in the United States.
Group of answer choices
Replace the comma after England with a semicolon.
Replace the comma after manufacturing with a semicolon.
No change
Replace the comma after England with a semicolon.
Replace the comma after England with a semicolon.
To determine the correct answer, we need to identify the independent clauses in the sentence. Independent clauses are complete thoughts that can stand alone as separate sentences.
In this sentence, we have two independent clauses:
1. Industrialization thrived in England, where factories replaced home manufacturing.
2. Industrialization came into its own in the United States.
The two independent clauses are separated by a comma. Since independent clauses are typically separated by a semicolon, the correct answer is:
Replace the comma after England with a semicolon.