Choose the sentence below that is correctly punctuated.
a. If you don't have enough money; Bill can lend you some.
b. Bill has enough money, but he's not willing to lend you any.
c. Bill has enough money, however, he's not willing to lend you any.
b. Bill has enough money, but he's not willing to lend you any.
Choose the sentence below that is correctly punctuated.
a. If you don't have enough money; Bill can lend you some.
b. Bill has enough money, but he's not willing to lend you any.
c. Bill has enough money, however, he's not willing to lend you any.
b. Bill has enough money, but he's not willing to lend you any.
The sentence below that is correctly punctuated is:
b. Bill has enough money, but he's not willing to lend you any.
The sentence that is correctly punctuated is option b: Bill has enough money, but he's not willing to lend you any.
Explanation:
To determine the correctly punctuated sentence, we need to look for proper usage of punctuation marks. In option a, the semicolon (;) is incorrectly used to separate the two clauses. A semicolon should be used to connect two related independent clauses, but in this case, "If you don't have enough money" and "Bill can lend you some" are not related as two independent clauses.
In option c, the word "however" is used to join the two independent clauses, which is correct. However, a comma is missing before "however." When using "however" to join two independent clauses, a comma should be placed before "however" to indicate the pause between the two thoughts. Therefore, option c is also incorrect.
Option b correctly uses a comma before the coordinating conjunction "but" to join the two independent clauses. It properly separates the clause "Bill has enough money" from "he's not willing to lend you any." Hence, option b is the correctly punctuated sentence.