Question

Coastal areas of the Antarctic are milder. Precipitation in those regions averages up to eight inches per year.

What punctuation and/or conjunction can be used to combine them?


milder; and precipitation
milder, and precipitation
milder, precipitation
milder and precipitation

Answer 1

@Awolflover1

Answer 2

@Awolflover1

Answer 3

@jabez177

Answer 4

hi how are you wolf

Answer 5

B

Answer 6

thanks, i want to get help figuring it out

Answer 7

@Awolflover1

Answer 8

Whoops, sorry! I keep forgetting Openstudy's policies. Do you want me to explain it?

Answer 9

yes please

Answer 10

im also guilty manny of times of just giving answers

Answer 11

When you have a semicolon (;), you cannot use the word 'and' afterwards. Basically, the sentence 'Coastal areas of the Antarctic are milder; and precipitation...' is not grammatically correct.

Answer 12

That rules out A.

Answer 13

oh wow i didnt know that thank you for that

Answer 14

Grammar also clearly states that after a comma, there is always a conjunction (such as and, but, or). That means C is also not grammatically correct.

Answer 15

Excuse me, @Rineheart. Those filters are there for a reason, please delete those comments. :P

And does the sentence necessarily need a comma, @Gossss__e? :/

Answer 16

done sorry jabez

Answer 17

D is not the answer because you do need a comma or else it is a run-on sentence, which is also technically not correct. That leaves B. @jabez177 @rineheart

Answer 18

thank you

Answer 19

Nice job explaining, @Gossss__e! Welcome to OpenStudy! :)

Answer 20

Yep! Thanks :) @jabez177