Photographer Dorothea Lange documented the Great Depression with searing images ______ her most famous, "Migrant Mother," became an iconic symbol of the era.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- Acheck_circle
;
- B
—and
- C
, and
- D
:
Explanation
Both clauses are independent and equally weighted; a semicolon best joins them. A colon would require the second clause to explain or define the first. ", and" works grammatically but the semicolon is the strongest fit; "—and" is nonstandard.