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Difficulty: EasyRun-on Sentences and Comma Splices

Restoring vintage arcade cabinets is a rewarding hobby that requires both woodworking and electronic skills. Enthusiasts often spend months sourcing original parts, they must also carefully repair the cathode-ray tube monitors. Once the cabinet is fully restored, it serves as a functional piece of gaming history.

Which of the following is the best replacement for the underlined portion?

  1. A
    parts, they
  2. parts; theyAnswer
  3. C
    parts; because they
  4. D
    parts. Because they

Answer

parts; they
The option 'parts; they' is correct because a semicolon is a standard and grammatically sound punctuation mark used to separate two closely related independent clauses.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the two clauses in the sentence.
The clauses are 'Enthusiasts often spend months sourcing original parts' and 'they must also carefully repair the cathode-ray tube monitors'. Both can stand alone as independent sentences.
Determining clause type is necessary to apply correct punctuation rules.
2
Check the punctuation connecting the independent clauses.
The original text uses only a comma, which creates a comma splice.
Two independent clauses cannot be joined by a comma alone without a coordinating conjunction.
3
Evaluate the choices to find a grammatically correct way to separate the clauses.
Using a semicolon without a subordinating conjunction correctly separates the two clauses.
A semicolon is designed to connect independent clauses without creating a fragment or comma splice.

Key Concept

Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices
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