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Review: Sentence Structure, Answer 2.1
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- Question:
- Democracy is a noble goal; it is important, however, to protect the minority from the tyranny of the majority.
- Answer:
- The answer simple sentence is not correct.
- Explanation:
- This is a special type of compound sentence where the two independent clauses (democracy is a noble goal and it is important, however, to protect the minority . . .) are joined by a semicolon instead of a co-ordinating conjunction.
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