Original Sentence: Some get the tattoo because they contemplated suicide but at the point of utter hopelessness—as a semicolon makes one do while reading a sentence—they paused and chose not to end their life but continue it. Possible Edits:
a. Some get the tattoo because they contemplated suicide, but at the point of utter hopelessness—as a semicolon makes one do while reading a sentence—they paused and chose not to end their life but continue it.
b. Some get the tattoo because they contemplated suicide so at the point of utter hopelessness—as a semicolon makes one do while reading a sentence—they paused and chose not to end their life but continue it.
c. Some get the tattoo because they contemplated suicide for at the point of utter hopelessness—as a semicolon makes one do while reading a sentence—they paused and chose not to end their life but continue it.
d. Correct as is.
a
RATIONALE: To choose the correct answer, review the relationship between the two complete sentences on each side, and then determine which coordinating conjunction to place after the comma.
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