Author Question: Original Sentence: Project Semicolon has a Facebook page where people can post thoughts, feelings, ... (Read 69 times)

pane00 · **on:** Jul 15, 2018

Original Sentence: Project Semicolon has a Facebook page where people can post thoughts, feelings, and encouraging words they can also post pictures of their tattoos. Possible Edits:

a. Project Semicolon has a Facebook page where people can post thoughts, feelings, and encouraging words, nor they can also post pictures of their tattoos.
b. Project Semicolon has a Facebook page where people can post thoughts, feelings, and encouraging words, and they can also post pictures of their tattoos.
c. Project Semicolon has a Facebook page where people can post thoughts, feelings, and encouraging words, for they can also post pictures of their tattoos.
d. Correct as is.

Question 2

Original Sentence: Some get the tattoo because they contemplated suicide but at the point of utter hopelessnessas a semicolon makes one do while reading a sentencethey paused and chose not to end their life but continue it. Possible Edits:

a. Some get the tattoo because they contemplated suicide, but at the point of utter hopelessnessas a semicolon makes one do while reading a sentencethey paused and chose not to end their life but continue it.
b. Some get the tattoo because they contemplated suicide so at the point of utter hopelessnessas a semicolon makes one do while reading a sentencethey paused and chose not to end their life but continue it.
c. Some get the tattoo because they contemplated suicide for at the point of utter hopelessnessas a semicolon makes one do while reading a sentencethey paused and chose not to end their life but continue it.
d. Correct as is.

mfedorka · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 15, 2018

Answer to Question 1

b
RATIONALE: To choose the correct answer, review the relationship between the two complete sentences on each side, and then determine which coordinating conjunction to place after the comma.

Answer to Question 2

a
RATIONALE: To choose the correct answer, review the relationship between the two complete sentences on each side, and then determine which coordinating conjunction to place after the comma.