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Review: Sentence Structure, Answer 2.3

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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 complex 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.