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Read the following sentence and answer the question.

“The hunter shot the arrow, it killed a deer.”

Which of the following best explains why the comma is incorrectly used in the sentence above?

A comma cannot be used to join two dependent clauses.
No explanation is needed; the comma is used correctly.
A comma cannot join two independent clauses unless it is followed by a coordinating conjunction.
A period is the only correct punctuation to use after the word "arrow."

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because a comma cannot join two independent clauses unless it is followed by a coordinating conjunction

just got it right on oddsy

have a good day/night

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