Which is the correct way to punctuate the following sentence?

Although the rafters felt nervous about the rapids; the guide believed that it was safe; so they were reassured.

A. Although the rafters felt nervous about the rapids the guide believed that they were safe so they were reassured.

B. Leave as is.

C. Although the rafters felt nervous about the rapids; the guide believed that they were safe, so they were reassured.

D. Although the rafters felt nervous about the rapids, the guide believed that they were safe, so they were reassured.

A is a run-on sentence, therefore it is incorrect.
B (leave as is) in incorrect because the original sentence combines independent and dependent clauses with a semicolon; semicolons are used to combine independent clauses.
C is incorrect for the same reason B is incorrect (the first clause in dependent).
D is the correct answer, as it properly uses commas to combine the clauses.

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jayilych4real jayilych4real · Answer 2 · 2021-12-21T12:10:09+01:00

The correct way to punctuate the following sentence which is given above is:

D. Although the rafters felt nervous about the rapids, the guide believed that they were safe, so they were reassured.

According to the given question, we are asked to state the correct way to punctuate the following sentence which is given above and why the other answer choices are incorrect.

As a result of this, we can see that from the sentences, there are independent clauses and dependent clauses which requires specific use of commas to join the sentences and option D properly combined the clauses to give a correct sentence.

Therefore, the correct answer is option D