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The economic advisors recommended a series of abrupt, radical, policy changes to curb inflation, the treasury department delayed implementation until the next fiscal quarter.

Which of the following options best punctuates the underlined portion of the sentence?

  1. A
    NO CHANGE
  2. abrupt, radical policy changes to curb inflation; the treasury department delayedCevap
  3. C
    abrupt, radical policy changes, to curb inflation; the treasury department delayed
  4. D
    abrupt, radical policy changes to curb inflation; although the treasury department delayed

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The option that reads 'abrupt, radical policy changes to curb inflation; the treasury department delayed' is correct because it properly punctuates the coordinate adjectives, avoids inserting a comma before a restrictive modifier, and correctly separates the two independent clauses with a semicolon.
The correct option correctly punctuates the coordinate adjectives 'abrupt' and 'radical' with a comma while omitting any punctuation before the noun phrase 'policy changes'. It also correctly avoids commas around the restrictive modifier 'to curb inflation' and properly connects the two independent clauses using a semicolon.

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1
Analyze the relationship between the adjectives 'abrupt' and 'radical' modifying 'policy changes'.
The adjectives are coordinate because they can be reversed ('radical, abrupt') and joined by 'and' ('abrupt and radical') while retaining the same meaning. Thus, they must be separated by a comma, but no comma should be placed between the final adjective 'radical' and the modified noun phrase 'policy changes'.
Coordinate adjectives require separating punctuation, but the final adjective must not be separated from the noun it modifies.
2
Determine if the phrase 'to curb inflation' is essential (restrictive) or nonessential (nonrestrictive) to the meaning of the noun 'policy changes'.
The infinitive phrase 'to curb inflation' is restrictive because it specifies the exact purpose of the recommended policy changes. Therefore, no comma should separate it from the noun it modifies.
Restrictive modifiers must not be set off by commas.
3
Analyze the clause structures surrounding the boundary between 'inflation' and the second part of the sentence.
The clause before the boundary ('The economic advisors recommended a series of abrupt, radical policy changes to curb inflation') and the clause after ('the treasury department delayed implementation until the next fiscal quarter') are both independent. To join them without a coordinating conjunction, a semicolon must be used.
Joining two independent clauses with only a comma creates a comma splice, while placing a subordinating conjunction after a semicolon creates a dependent clause fragment.

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Coordinate adjectives, restrictive modifiers, and independent clause punctuation rules
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