Tris Imboden has drummed for Stevie Wonder and Julio Iglesias however, most know him as the drummer in the band Chicago. What is
wrong with the sentence? The ideas are not coordinate. It lacks parallel structure. It has an incorrect conjunctive adverb. A semicolon should precede the conjunctive adverb.
A semicolon should precede the conjunctive adverb.
The conjunctive adverb is "however". It joins two complete ideas: "Tris Imboden has drummed for Stevie Wonder and Julio Iglesias" and "most know him as the drummer in the band Chicago". When a conjunctive adverb is used for two complete phrases, a semicolon needs to precede the conjunctive adverb. The conjunctive adverb is correct because it is showing how people's knowledge of Tris Imboden is often not complete.
