Question

The dog was playful and energetic when they brought her home. They had to make sure she had all her shots and was housebroken. What is the BEST way to combine the two sentences? A. The dog was playful and energetic when they brought her home; they had to make sure she had all her shots; and was housebroken. B. The dog was playful, and energetic when they brought her home they had to make sure she had all her shots, and was housebroken. C. The dog was playful and energetic when they brought her home and they had to make sure she had all her shots and was housebroken. D. The dog was playful and energetic when they brought her home; they had to make sure she had all her shots and was housebroken.

Answer 1

The best way to combine the two independent sentences is "The dog was playful and energetic when they brought her home; they had to make sure she had all her shots and was housebroken." (option D)

Combining independent sentences

An independent sentence is a group of words containing a subject and a predicate that is capable of expressing a complete thought. That means a complete sentence can be understood on its own.

When combining two independent sentences, we can do the following:

• Place a semicolon between the two sentences.

• Add a comma at the end of the first sentence and a coordinate conjunction at the beginning of the other.

With that in mind, we can eliminate option A because of the unnecessary semicolon in the second sentence. We can also eliminate option B, since it does not have any punctuation between the sentences, as well as C since it it does not place a comma before the conjunction "and".

With the information above in mind, we can select option D as the correct answer. It places a semicolon properly.

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