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 ** which requires other punctuation or grammatical form (such as coordinating conjunctions)
-ex.:
+examples:
-{|
+{| class="wikitable"
-|''Michael loves to eat Oreos, however, he knows they are bad for him.''
+| colspan="2" |'''''I love Oreos, however, I know they are bad for me.'''''
-|
+| &#10008; wrong
 |-
-| "however" is a conjunctive adverb, so it does not combine the two Independent Clauses (IC)
+| <center>IC
-|&amp;#10003;
+|<center>IC
+| 'however' (a conjunctive adverb) incorrectly conjoins the ICs
 |-
-|''Michael loves to eat Oreos, but he knows they are bad for him.''
+| colspan="2" |'''''I love to eat Oreos, but I know they are bad for me.'''''
-|P
+| &#10003; correct
 |-
-|''Michael loves to eat Oreos; however, he knows they are bad for him.''
+|<center>IC
-|
+|<center>IC
+|'but' (a coordinating conjunction) correctly conjoins the ICs
 |-
-|''Michael loves to eat Oreos, even though he knows they are bad for him.''
+| colspan="2" |''I love to eat Oreos; but I know they are bad for me.''
-|
+|&#10003; correct
+|-
+|<center>IC
+|<center>IC
+|the semicolon correctly conjoins the ICs
+|-
+| colspan="2" |''I love to eat Oreos, even though I know they are bad for me.''
+|&#10003; correct
+|-
+|<center>IC
+|<center>DC
+|'though' (a subordinating conjunction) correctly conjoins the IC to the DC
 |}
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