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TSI Writing: Using Punctuation to Combine Two Sentences 5 Views
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Which sentence best combines the information in sentences 7 and 8?
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Okay see writing shmoop uppers We've got a whole new
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section here is on coherence organization and word choice It's
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critical to understand how to properly dispose of and recycle
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electronics Kiosks available Mp three players Boy was written a
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long time ago and place your ban if you agree
Full Transcript
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to sell the inn on route seventy Group ten devices
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second life blah blah blah All right Reading shmoop furs
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Next up in context Which sentence best combines the information
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and sentences seven eighth Approximately seventy five percent of the
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devices purchased Find a second life older broken phones are
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responsibly recycled All right so we're back here let's scroll
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up Two sentences seven and eight Our little thing here
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Okay You saw the intro paragraph and pleasured by thinking
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on cell block Okay approximately seventy five percent of the
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devices purchases finding second life right there That's what we're
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talking about seven and eight So what does that mean
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And we've already skimmed this right We didn't just glance
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at the words the t l d r right Okay
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So while it may sometimes live in the shadow of
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its cool older brother the slightly mysterious semi colon is
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actually incredibly useful It combines two related independent clauses together
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in a one single thought and that's perfect for this
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question because these two sentences have a lot to do
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with each other so that's how it should look right
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there The answer is d with a semi colon after
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second life before old sea right there just making this
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up all right and loser bowl here Yeah of course
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if we're going to use a semicolon we need do
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it right Just the thought of placing the conjunction and
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after a semicolon gives us heartburn that would be wrong
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The transition that doesn't help with the flow of ideas
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is like pouring bleach over a perfectly good burger so
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get rid of that and be and give us a
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common slice Two independent clauses joined only by comma and
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we're just playing walking out of this restaurant so yeah
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a b and c get rid of quickly if the 00:01:55.27 --> [endTime] smooth
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