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Complete the following sentence.

A _____ is used to join two related independent clauses that are not joined by a coordinating conjunction.

period

colon

comma

semicolon

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DragonSoul51

it would be a semicolon

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Answer:

semicolon

Explanation:

Compound sentences consist of two independent clauses which can stand on their own and have related ideas. Therefore, both clauses can be joined either by a comma followed by a coordinating conjunction, or by a semicolon.

The rest of the options are incorrect because a period does not join clauses - it separates sentences; a colon can join two independent clauses when the first one introduces a quotation, an example or a list; and a comma alone does not divide independent clauses.

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