Select the choice which displays proper use of a semicolon. a) no matter what anyone else thinks; i happen to like this movie. b) however calm he may have looked; he was a nervous wreck on the inside. c) here is what you must bring to the game; binoculars, a sandwich, and a drink. d) i thought i saw a skeleton in the woods; it turned out to be just a network of branches and vines.

D) I thought I saw a skeleton in the woods; it turned out to be just a network of branches and vines.

Explanation:

A semicolon can join together two complete sentences.

"I thought I saw a skeleton in the woods; it turned out to be just a network of branches and vines."

This can be split into two complete sentences that were on either side of the semicolon:

"I thought I saw a skeleton in the woods".

You only need to add a period for the syntax to be correct.

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"it turned out to be just a network of branches and vines."

Since you only need to capitalize the first letter, this is a complete sentence.

Proper punctuation for other answers:

A) No matter what anyone else thinks; I happen to like this movie.

=>  No matter what anyone else thinks, I happen to like this movie.

B) However calm he may have looked; he was a nervous wreck on the inside.

=>  However calm he may have looked, he was a nervous wreck on the inside.

C) Here is what you must bring to the game; binoculars, a sandwich, and a drink.

=>  Here is what you must bring to the game: binoculars, a sandwich, and a drink.

to not go near anything hot