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Answers to Interactive quiz on commas,
semicolons, colons and dashes
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1. The test was 5 pages long but we had studied for two hours
each day for a week to prepare.
A) long; but
The semicolon is used to divide two main clauses that could stand alone, but
when a FANBOYS (for, and, nor, boy, or, yet, so) is used between the two
clauses, a comma after the first main clause is sufficient. Below is the
correct punctuation:
1. The test was 5 pages long, but we had studied
for two hours each day for a week to prepare.
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