The semicolon and the comma 3

Click on the correct mark of punctuation in the parentheses.

For help with this exercise, see Semicolons and Commas.

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undefined. Success didn’t spoil me ( , / ; ) I’ve always been insufferable.—Fran Lebowitz
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undefined. When a woman behaves like a man ( , / ; ) why doesn’t she behave like a nice man?—Edith Evans
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undefined. Don’t talk about yourself ( , / ; ) it will be done when you leave.—Wilson Mizner
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undefined. We’ve had trickle-down economics in the country for ten years now ( , / ; ) and most of us are not even damp.—Molly Ivins
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undefined. I do not rule Russia ( , / ; ) ten thousand clerks do.—Nicholas I
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undefined. The only sensible ends of literature are first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the gratification of one’s family and friends ( , / ; ) and lastly, the solid cash.—Nathaniel Hawthorne
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undefined. Experience is the best teacher ( , / ; ) it gives the test before presenting the lesson.—Vernon Law
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undefined. There’s no money in poetry (, / ;) but there’s no poetry in money either.—Robert Graves
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undefined. No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right ( , / ; ) a single experiment can prove me wrong.—Albert Einstein
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undefined. When money speaks ( , / ; ) the truth keeps silent.—Russian proverb
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