contestada

Read the sentence.

The campers rowed across the lake set up their tent in a clearing under the trees.

What is the best way to revise the sentence?


The campers rowed across the lake, they set up their tent in a clearing under the trees.

The campers rowed across the lake; and set up their tent in a clearing under the trees.

The campers rowed across the lake; and they set up their tent in a clearing under the trees.

The campers rowed across the lake and set up their tent in a clearing under the trees.

Respuesta :

mcarc09

The best way to revise the sentence is " The campers rowed across the lake and set up their tent in a clearing under the trees," as stated in option D.

What is the best revision?

The sentence we are revising here consists of two independent clauses. When that happens, we need to pay attention to the following:

  • Two independent clauses cannot be connected only with a comma.
  • If we choose to use a comma, we also need a conjunction (and, so, but, etc.) and a subject in the second clause.
  • If we choose to use a semicolon, there is no need for a conjunction, but we do need a subject in the second clause.
  • There is no need for a comma if we use a conjunction but no subject in the clause.

Thus, we can eliminate option A for using only a comma. We can eliminate options B and C because they use the semicolon in the wrong way.

The correct option is letter D, since it uses a conjunction without a comma, but no subject for the second clause.

Learn more about revising sentences here:

https://brainly.com/question/8823021

#SPJ1

Otras preguntas