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Zorluk: KolayRun-on Sentences and Comma Splices

The following passage is about underwater archaeology:

Underwater archaeologists study historical sites submersed in oceans and lakes. These researchers use specialized scuba gear to explore shipwrecks, they must also document their findings with waterproof cameras. Through careful excavation, they preserve history that would otherwise be lost to decay.

Which of the following options is the best revision of the underlined portion?

  1. A
    NO CHANGE
  2. shipwrecks; theyCevap
  3. C
    shipwrecks; while they
  4. D
    shipwrecks. Although they

Cevap

The revision that replaces the comma with a semicolon to separate the two independent clauses.
The correct option correctly uses a semicolon to separate two independent clauses: 'These researchers use specialized scuba gear to explore shipwrecks' and 'they must also document their findings with waterproof cameras'. Both clauses have subjects and verbs and can stand alone as complete thoughts, making the semicolon an appropriate punctuation mark to link them without a conjunction.

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1
Identify the two clauses joined by the punctuation in the underlined portion.
The first clause is 'These researchers use specialized scuba gear to explore shipwrecks' and the second clause is 'they must also document their findings with waterproof cameras'.
Determining clause type helps identify the correct grammatical structure.
2
Analyze whether each clause is independent or dependent.
Both clauses contain a subject and a verb and express a complete thought, meaning they are both independent clauses.
This tells us what type of punctuation can legally connect them.
3
Evaluate the options to find a punctuation mark that can legally connect two independent clauses without creating a run-on or fragment.
A semicolon is a correct way to separate two independent clauses, whereas a comma alone creates a comma splice, and adding subordinating conjunctions ('while' or 'although') turns the second clause into a fragment.
This yields the correct grammatical correction.

Anahtar Kavram

Identifying and correcting comma splices and run-on sentences using semicolons.
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Konular

Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices

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