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Janet's mother wants her to be a nurse, but her father wants her to be a teacher. The conjunction in the above sentence joins _____.

a.words
b.phrases
c.independent clauses

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C) independent clauses

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The answer is c.independent clauses. Because 'Janet's mother wants her to be a nurse' is one idea, and 'her father wants her to be a teacher.' is another, and 'but' joins the two ideas together.

If there was no 'but' the sentence would be a run-on sentence, which is two independent clauses without any punctuation or conjunctions. If it was a run-on sentence it would be:
Janet's mother wants her to be a nurse her father wants her to be a teacher.
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