The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci in the early 1500s ______ it now hangs in the Louvre Museum in Paris.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A
,
- B
, but,
- Ccheck_circle
;
- D
(empty)
Explanation
A semicolon joins two related independent clauses cleanly. "," is a splice; " " is a run-on; ", but," is over-punctuated and implies wrong contrast.