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CAHSEE ELA Writing: Punctuation Drill 5, Problem 1. Fix this sentence.

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00:03

Here's an unshmoopy question you'll find on the exam...

00:05

Fix this sentence; which of the below answers completes it properly?

00:09

Keith and Jane went for a bike ride Jane fell.

00:13

And here are the potential answers:

00:19

So... what is this question asking?

00:21

How's our colon?

00:23

Uh... this kind.

00:25

If we read this sentence aloud, it just sounds... off.

00:28

Keith and Jane went for a bike ride Jane fell.

00:30

Yeah. Woooaaaaah there. Switch to decaf please.

00:34

So clearly something is missing -- we need some punctuation.

00:37

And if we glance at our answers, we can just cross off D here as a no go.

00:42

A looks at first like it might work... but it uses a colon instead of a semi-colon. A

00:48

semi-colon can be used when both halves of a sentence could stand alone, but that's

00:52

not the function of a colon. So buh-bye, A.

00:55

C is incorrect because the "but" doesn't make sense here.

00:59

The bike riding and Jane's fall are two separate events -- the fall does not negate

01:05

the fact that the two were riding their bikes.

01:08

So we're dealing with two separate events... which needs an "and." They rode their

01:13

bikes... AND Jane fell. Not but.

01:18

The only one left is B and it's the right one -- commas separate independent clauses.

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So yeah, comma, B is the answer.

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