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Many urban planners are championing vertical farming as a sustainable method to produce fresh vegetables in crowded cities. Because these farms stack crops in vertical layers inside controlled environments, they save vast amounts of water and land. Furthermore, they eliminate the need for long-distance shipping, they can operate year-round regardless of weather conditions. This localized production significantly reduces carbon emissions associated with transporting food.

Which of the following options is the most grammatically correct replacement for the underlined portion?

  1. A
    NO CHANGE
  2. shipping; they canCevap
  3. C
    shipping; because they can
  4. D
    shipping. Since they can

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shipping; they can
The correct option correctly uses a semicolon to separate two independent clauses ('Furthermore, they eliminate the need for long-distance shipping' and 'they can operate year-round regardless of weather conditions'). Since both clauses can stand alone as complete sentences, a semicolon is a grammatically correct punctuation mark to join them.

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1
Analyze the clauses on both sides of the underlined portion to determine their grammatical structure.
The clause before the underlined portion ('Furthermore, they eliminate the need for long-distance shipping') and the clause after it ('they can operate year-round regardless of weather conditions') are both independent clauses.
Identifying clause independence helps determine whether punctuation or a conjunction is needed to join them.
2
Evaluate the choices to find a punctuation mark or conjunction that joins the two independent clauses without creating a comma splice or fragment.
A semicolon is the correct punctuation mark to join two independent clauses without a coordinating conjunction.
This resolves the comma splice error of the original sentence without creating any new errors.

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Identifying and correcting comma splices and run-on sentences using appropriate punctuation such as semicolons, periods, or coordinating conjunctions.
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Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices

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