Question

Which revision correctly combines these two sentences?

It was pouring rain all afternoon. My garden of flowers and vegetables flooded.
A.)It was pouring rain all afternoon; so my garden of flowers and vegetables flooded.
B.) It was pouring rain all afternoon, my garden of flowers and vegetables flooded.
C.)It was pouring rain all afternoon; my garden of flowers and vegetables flooded.
D.)It was pouring rain all afternoon so my garden of flowers and vegetables flooded.

Answer 1

The correct answer is D. It was pouring rain all afternoon so my garden of flowers and vegetables flooded.

By using the conjunction so, you are writing the result of the words before that very conjunction. In the case above, the result of the pouring rain is the flooding of flowers and vegetables.

A is incorrect because the semi colon in front of the conjunction is unnecessary; B is incorrect because just writing a comma creates a run-on sentence, which is grammatically incorrect; C is incorrect because there is a conjunction missing instead of a semi colon - thus, D is correct.

Answer 2

It was pouring all afternoon; my garden of flowers and vegetable flooded. Just took the test and this is currently the correct Answer. The School website may vary from answer to answer so just be aware if it may change in the future. It's a tricky system!