Question

Read the sentence.

Answer 1

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.

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