A. The sea calmed but no boats left shore.
B. The sea calmed, but no boats left shore.
C. The sea calmed; but no boats, left shore.
D. The sea, calmed, but no boats, left shore.
2007-01-19 06:47:57 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
B is the most correct, because "The sea calmed" and "No boats left shore" are 2 separate clauses, but A is also acceptable in some circumstances, because they are relatively short clauses.
C is completely wrong, because it puts a comma between the subject "boats" and the predicate "left" for no reason.
D is a grammatically correct but kind of nonsensical. Where both A and B say that the sea became calm but the boats did not leave the shore, D says that the sea, which was calmed, left the shore, but the boats did not. (nonsensical because the sea can't pick up and leave like that, and you can't have shore if there isn't water there)
2007-01-19 07:08:58 · answer #1 · answered by thunderpigeon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A is the one that is punctuated correctly, but B could also be if you added the word were between boats and left. So the sentence would read: The sea calmed, but no boats were left shore. The way it is written. The first part of the sentence can be left alone where as the second sentence is not a complete thought. No boats left shore makes no sense by itself. But put with the rest of the sentence, it does.
2007-01-19 06:57:35 · answer #2 · answered by angelchild688 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
A. The sea calmed but no boats left shore.
2007-01-19 09:48:05 · answer #3 · answered by Freckles 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
B. The sea calmed, but no boats left shore.
2007-01-19 07:36:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
A and B are both acceptable.
The reason for the comma in B is that "no boats left shore" could be a sentence in and of itself.
As with many things in the English language, it is -- to an extent -- a matter of opinion. (But only to an extent.)
2007-01-20 05:07:45 · answer #5 · answered by andy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
B is right.
There are two sentences, joined by a conjunction. Two sentences (two subjects, two predicates) joined by a conjunction (and, but) take a comma. So A is wrong (no comma) and B is right.
Two sentences without the conjunction could take a semicolon, but C is wrong because, in fact, the conjunction is there. It's also wrong because you don't put a comma between a simple subject and the predicate.
D repeats the mistake of the second half of C - there should not be a comma between a simple subject and predicate.
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2007-01-19 18:08:53 · answer #6 · answered by Martha E 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
B.
but it would sound better as:
The sea calmed, but there were no boats left ashore.
2007-01-19 06:54:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I can see that I'm in the minority here but I believe A to be the correct answer.
2007-01-19 06:57:44 · answer #8 · answered by valducci53 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think A
2007-01-19 07:02:33 · answer #9 · answered by trinigal77 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
B, of course
2007-01-19 06:51:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋