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Franklin knew that the bay would be full of boats for the Fourth of the July, he knew that his family would enjoy a day out on the boat swimming.
Choose the best revision of this sentence, if one is needed.
A) Franklin knew that the bay would be full of boats for the Fourth of the July, he knew that his family would enjoy a day out on the boat swimming.
B) Franklin knew that the bay would be full of boats for the Fourth of the July. He knew that his family would enjoy a day out on the boat swimming.
C) Franklin knew that the bay would be full of boats for the Fourth of the July; nevertheless, he knew that his family would enjoy a day out on the boat swimming.
D) Franklin knew that the bay would be full of boats; for the Fourth of the July: nevertheless, he knew that his family would enjoy a day out on the boat swimming.

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The answer is option C:

Franklin knew that the bay would be full of boats for the Fourth of the July; nevertheless, he knew that his family would enjoy a day out on the boat swimming.

The example sentence contains a comma slice, which is the wrong use of a comma to separate two independent clauses. To improve the sentence, the independent clauses are divided by a semicolon and a connector like nevertheless.