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{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan=" | | colspan="3" |'''''I love Oreos, however, I know they are bad for me.''''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| <center>IC | | <center>IC | ||
|<center>IC | |<center>IC | ||
| | |✘ wrong | ||
|- | |- | ||
| colspan="3" |'however' (a conjunctive adverb) incorrectly conjoins the ICs | | colspan="3" |'however' (a conjunctive adverb) incorrectly conjoins the ICs | ||
|- | |- | ||
| colspan=" | | colspan="3" |'''''I love to eat Oreos, but I know they are bad for me.''''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
|<center>IC | |<center>IC | ||
|<center>IC | |<center>IC | ||
| | |✓ correct | ||
|- | |- | ||
| colspan="3" |'but' (a coordinating conjunction) correctly conjoins the ICs | | colspan="3" |'but' (a coordinating conjunction) correctly conjoins the ICs | ||
|- | |- | ||
| colspan=" | | colspan="3" |'''''I love to eat Oreos; however, I know they are bad for me.''''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
|<center>IC | |<center>IC | ||
|<center>IC | |<center>IC | ||
| | |✓ correct | ||
|- | |- | ||
| colspan="3" |the semicolon correctly conjoins the ICs | | colspan="3" |the semicolon correctly conjoins the ICs, and the prefatory 'however' is okay if followed by a comma | ||
|- | |- | ||
| colspan=" | | colspan="3" |'''''I love to eat Oreos, even though I know they are bad for me.''''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
|<center>IC | |<center>IC | ||
|<center>DC | |<center>DC | ||
| | |✓ correct | ||
|- | |- | ||
| colspan="3" |'though' (a subordinating conjunction) correctly conjoins the IC to the DC | | colspan="3" |'though' (a subordinating conjunction) correctly conjoins the IC to the DC |