Question

The blight infected most of the orange trees. Only a dozen were spared.

Which sentence joins the clauses above correctly without changing their meaning?

Answer 1

@jim_thompson5910

Answer 2

@bleebleebleed

Answer 3

Sorry I'm not that great at English, so I'll try my best. I'm guessing you are given a list of choices?

Answer 4

yeah one moment

Answer 5

Which sentence joins the clauses above correctly without changing their meaning?

The blight infected most of the orange trees only a dozen, were spared.
The blight infected most of the orange trees only; a dozen were spared.
The blight infected most of the orange trees; only a dozen were spared.
The blight, infected most of the orange trees, only a dozen were spared.

Answer 6

D

Answer 7

ok thanks

Answer 8

Yw

Answer 9

so it's a matter of where to place the punctuation

where does it seem most natural to do so? for me, `The blight infected most of the orange trees only a dozen, were spared.` is clunky because the pause comes after 'dozen' but it doesn't make sense to place a pause there