Question

Which of the following is the CORRECT punctuation for the sentence?

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Clifton, but

Explanation:

The comma use to separate the independent sentence to another independent or dependent sentence.

Independent sentence: we won the games in Silverdale and Clifton

Subject: we

Verb: won

Also independent sentence: but we lost to Jenson after a turnaround in the fourth quarter and two overtimes.

Subject:  we

Verb: won

Coordinating conjunction (beginning with a conjunction): but

If you connect the two sentence together, add a comma.

We won the games in Silverdale and Clifton, but we lost to Jenson after a turnaround in the fourth quarter and two overtimes.

Answer 2

Answer:

B. Clifton, but

Explanation:

We won the games in Silverdale and Clifton, but we lost to Jenson after a turnaround in the fourth quarter and two overtimes.

You should put a comma before but only when but is connecting two independent clauses. You must leave it out if it does not connect two independent clauses.