Which choice correctly punctuates the sentence? my sculpture had toppled over during the night nevertheless, i picked up the pieces and packed them up for school. a. no punctuation needed b. comma c. colon d semicolon

The correct punctuation of the sentence

My sculpture had toppled over during the night nevertheless, I picked up the pieces and packed them up for school.

is a:

D semicolon

Explanation:

In this case, we can observe that two ideas can be understood one without the other. So, they are not dependent. However, they complement each other. Nevertheless, we don't cut the general idea. Therefore, we only need a semicolon to separate them without breaking the meaning and topic.

a pirate walks into a bar with a steering wheel sticking out of his pants.

bartender: isn't that uncomfortable?

pirate: arrgh! it's drivin' me nuts!

no, i never do because that’s not the reason for what i speak to or of.