40. Choose the best correction of a run-on sentence.
A Italian families settled in large groups in the 1880s, they were mainly
farmers and businessmen.
B Italian families settled in large groups in the 1880s; they were mainly
farmers and businessmen.
C Italian families settled in large groups in the 1880s; and were mainly
farmers and businessmen.
D Italian families settled in large groups in the 1880s were mainly farmers
and businessmen.