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Commonly Confused Meme
Aug. 22nd, 2008 10:58 amYes, I actually did a meme.
I quibble with the answer key for:
With the "however" in there as a conjunction, what we really need here is a comma, not a semicolon. "The salad is tasty; the soup is even better" would be a better use of the semicolon.
After checking the answer key, I got two questions half-wrong according to it, out of 40, including the quibble above.
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I quibble with the answer key for:
30. The salad is tasty__ however, the soup tastes even __________.
a. : / best
b. : / better
c. ; / best
d. ; / better
The correct answer is ; / better.
With the "however" in there as a conjunction, what we really need here is a comma, not a semicolon. "The salad is tasty; the soup is even better" would be a better use of the semicolon.
After checking the answer key, I got two questions half-wrong according to it, out of 40, including the quibble above.