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17 February, 02:58

Read the sentences.

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; and precipitation

milder, precipitation

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  1. 17 February, 03:32
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    D, or the 4th one. It combines the sentences effectively, without overusing words.
  2. 17 February, 04:42
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    The correct answer is A. milder, and precipitation

    Explanation:

    According to grammar, when two or more sentences are independent and have the same importance they can be link either using a semicolon (; ) or one comma (,) followed by one coordinating conjunction that includes the words but, so, yet, nor, or, and. The sentences presented "Coastal areas of the Antarctic are milder" and "Precipitation in those regions averages up to eight inches per year" are both complete and independent sentence and therefore can only be combined using only a semicolon or the comma followed by the conjunction. Therefore, the only correct option to combine these two sentence is "milder, and precipitation".
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