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What is the correct sentence?.

What is the correct sentence?.

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You are my friend; however, I cannot afford to lend you any more money, You are my friend; however; I cannot afford to lend you any more money, You are my friend, however; I cannot afford to lend you any more money, You are my friend, however, I cannot afford, to lend you any more money.

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J. Harty

J. Harty

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J. Harty, Writer, M.A, Chula Vista

Answered Oct 09, 2020

“You are my friend; however, I cannot afford to lend you any more money.” The semi-colon rule is to be used before a conjunctive adverb, and transitional phrase joins independent clauses. It should be used to ensure clarity. It would be best to utilize a semi-colon between items that contain internal punctuation.

Some people never use semi-colons because they are afraid of misusing them. The comma rule is that a comma comes after an adverb clause only at the beginning of a sentence, not at the end. Commas should come after a conjunctive adverb that follows a semi-colon. Commas are much easier to use than semi-colons because they are more prevalent.

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D. gray

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D. gray, Builder, Builder, Las Vegas

Answered Sep 28, 2020

The correct answer is, "You are my friend; however, I cannot afford to lend you more money."
This is because it has the right punctuations; the most widely recognized accentuation marks in English are capital letters and full stops, question marks, commas, colons, and semi-colons, shout imprints, and quotes.

In talking, we use stops and the pitch of the voice to make what we state understood. Accentuation assumes a comparative part recorded as a hard copy, making it simpler to peruse. Accentuation comprises of the two standards and shows.

There are decides of accentuation that must be followed; however, there are additionally accentuation shows that give scholars more prominent decision. This sentence has capital letters, semi-colons, comma, and full stop rightly positioned. The comma was used to separate words where the voice paused slightly, and the full stop marked the end of the sentence.

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M. Krasinski

M. Krasinski

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M. Krasinski, Content Writer, Columbus

Answered Sep 10, 2020

The correct answer to this question, which is You are my friend; however, I cannot afford to lend you any more money. The reason this answer is correct is because of the placement of the semicolons. The semicolon is the character; in this sentence. These characters should be used before introductory words.

The introductory word in this sentence is, However, which starts off an independent clause. Semicolons are important because they take the place of the period. This sentence could be split into two, but however, joins them together and is able to be split with the use of the semicolon.

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ikkefebriani

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Answered May 19, 2018

You are my friend; however, I cannot afford to lend you any more money.

Use a semicolon before introductory words that begin an independent clause. The semicolon takes the place of a period.
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