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Jacob really didn't want to go to the dentist yet, he went anyway.

Cross o it bathe commas that are used incorrectly and add a comma when needed.

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Answer:

The comma in the original sentence is being used incorrectly. One way of making it right is the following:

- Jacob really didn't want to go to the dentist, yet he went anyway.

Step-by-step explanation:

When the conjunction "yet" is being used to join two independent clauses as is the case here, it needs a comma before it - not after. That is why the sentence we are analyzing here is incorrect. If we simply place the comma before yet, it will be corrected:

- Jacob really didn't want to go to the dentist, yet he went anyway.

The only way for the comma to be correctly used after "yet" would be if the two clauses were separated by a period ("Jacob really didn't want to go to the dentist. Yet, he went anyway."). However, in that case, we would no longer be joining the clauses.

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