Question

Legendary jazz drummer Joe Morello was vision impaired however, he had a talent for hearing and feeling rhythm.

What is wrong with the sentence?


A. A semicolon should precede the conjunctive adverb.
B. A semicolon should precede the coordinate conjunction.
C. A comma should precede the coordinate conjunction.
D. A comma should precede the conjunctive adverb.

Answer 1

The right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: B. A semicolon should precede the coordinate conjunction. Legendary jazz drummer Joe Morello was vision impaired; however, he had a talent for hearing and feeling rhythm.

Answer 2

The answer to your question would be that the problem with the sentence above is the following one: A semicolon should precede the conjunctive adverb. That is, the correct option would be A.

You should use a semicolon when you have a conjunctive adverb linking two independent clauses. In this case, the conjunctive adverb linking the two clauses is however. Consequently, the sentence would be as follows: Legendary jazz drummer Joe Morello was vision impaired; however, he had a talent for hearing and feeling rhythm.