Multiple choice

I hate grocery shopping; I have every part of it.

  1. shopping, I

  2. shopping- I

  3. shopping: I

  4. no change

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D Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence consists of two independent clauses: 'I hate grocery shopping' and 'I have every part of it.' A semicolon is the correct punctuation mark to join two closely related independent clauses without a coordinating conjunction.