A. Joe watered the garden and;the plants did not grow.
B. Joe watered the garden;however,the plants did not grow.
C. Joe watered the garden but the plants;did not grow.
D. Joe watered;the garden yet the plants did not grow.
2006-07-20 07:25:24 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Home Schooling
b
2006-07-20 08:55:40 · answer #1 · answered by save_me_now 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Neither sentence is correct.
I feel that a comma would be more suited to a sentence of this type because the fact that Joe watered the garden has no direct relation to the plants not growing. Did the plants not grow because Joe watered them?
A semicolon would be unnessesary. (Sentence C without the semicolon but with a comma after the "but" would be correct)
A correct example of a semicolon in a sentence would be:
"Joe over watered the garden; the flower beds were flooded!"
There is a direct relation between Joe over watering the garden and the flower beds being flooded.
Or:
"Joe forgot to water the garden; the plants were too dry; they did not grow."
There is a direct link between Joe not watering the plants and the plants being dry and there is a direct link between the plants being dry and them not growing.
Marc
2006-07-20 07:54:23 · answer #2 · answered by Marc P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
B. Joe watered the garden; however, his plants did not grow.
Since you are adding semicolon you need to correct that sentence. Instead of "the plant” it is "his plant” because in the first phrase does not mention a plant, but garden. S we need to focus on the person.
2006-07-20 07:33:04 · answer #3 · answered by Evy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
B allll the way. :) the semi colon is to show a separation between two sentences that can be used on their own. "However, the plants did not grow" is a full, correct sentence, as is "Joe watered the garden." notice how in all the other answers each sentence is not complete.
2006-07-20 07:30:14 · answer #4 · answered by sasmallworld 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
B. A semicolon seperates two verb-noun phrases in most cases. "Joe watered" and "Plants grow".
2006-07-20 07:31:25 · answer #5 · answered by DoodleGirl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
B.
All of the other ones involve the semicolon disrupting the flow of the sentence.
2006-07-20 07:28:52 · answer #6 · answered by penpallermel 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
B. Remember to put a space after a comma or semicolon, etc.
2006-07-20 12:36:41 · answer #7 · answered by Vivien W 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Neither of them because there should be a space following the semi-colon.
2006-07-20 07:28:38 · answer #8 · answered by sobay310 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
B, but you need a space after the comma.
2006-07-20 07:28:27 · answer #9 · answered by kc_brig 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is "b"; however, you omitted the required spacing between letters and punctuation.
2006-07-20 07:28:49 · answer #10 · answered by BoredBookworm 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋