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.
<h3>What is the best revision?</h3>
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.
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