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.