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Problem

Due to the rainfall, Anurag missed his bus, thus; he was late for school on the first day.

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Clue

Punctuations help end, pause, and emphasize certain sentence parts.

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Hint

Commas separate phrases and clauses, a period ends a sentence, and a semicolon is used to join two logically connected independent clauses together, the dash is used to provide additional information that complements the main purpose of the sentence.

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Sumup

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Step

CHOICES

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Choice-A

Due to the rainfall, Anurag missed his bus, thus; he was late for school on the first day. The sentence is incorrect due to the use of a semicolon and the word "thus" together. When "thus" is used in this context, it generally connects two independent clauses and is typically preceded by a semicolon or followed by a period.

Wrong No change

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Choice-B

Due to the rainfall, Anurag missed his bus-thus, he was late for school on the first day. The sentence is incorrect due to the use of a hyphen after "bus." In this context, a hyphen is not the appropriate punctuation mark to connect the clauses. A hyphen is typically used to join words, not to connect independent clauses.

Wrong bus-thus,

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Choice-C

Due to the rainfall, Anurag missed his bus. Thus, he was late for school on the first day. The sentence is correct in terms of punctuation. It uses a period after the first sentence, indicating the end of that thought, and begins the second sentence with a capital letter. This is an appropriate way to separate and structure two distinct sentences.

Correct bus. Thus,

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Choice-D

Due to the rainfall, Anurag missed his bus thus; he was late for school on the first day. The sentence is not correct due to the incorrect placement of the semicolon. In standard punctuation, a semicolon should come before the coordinating conjunction "thus" to properly connect two independent clauses.

Wrong bus thus;

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Step

Complete sentence - Due to the rainfall, Anurag missed his bus. Thus, he was late for school on the first day.

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Answer

Option C

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Sumup

Please summarize choices