Problem

The cafe was busy and crowded with customers; we decided to go to a different cafe.

Clue

A complete sentence has a subject and predicate forming a complete thought.

Hint

A punctuation mark connects sentences, causing a pause between two logically relatable sentences.

Sumup

Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?

Choice-A

We can rewrite the same sentence

No change

Choice-B

The cafe was busy and crowded with customers-we decided to go to a different cafe. The sentence is incorrect because it is a comma splice. A comma splice occurs when two independent clauses (complete sentences) are joined by a comma without an appropriate coordinating conjunction or punctuation.

customers-we

Choice-C

The cafe was busy and crowded with customers' we decided to go to a different cafe. The sentence is incorrect due to the use of an apostrophe after "customers. The correct form would be to use a period, semicolon, or conjunction to properly separate the two independent clauses.

customers' we

Choice-D

The cafe was busy and crowded with customers! we decided to go to a different cafe. - customers! we The sentence is grammatically correct, but the use of an exclamation mark after "customers" might be considered a bit unconventional. Typically, an exclamation mark is used to convey strong emotion, surprise, or emphasis, and in this context, it might not be necessary.

customers! we

Step

Correct sentence - The cafe was busy and crowded with customers; we decided to go to a different cafe

Answer

Option A

Sumup

Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?