College Composition / Unit 2 CMP 0035 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Conjunctive Adverbs
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The idea
Transitional words such as however, therefore, meanwhile, consequently and furthermore link ideas but are not conjunctions.
In practice
Between two independent clauses they need a semicolon before them and usually a comma after: "Sales fell; however, the store survived."
Where people slip
A comma alone before however creates a comma splice, an error the exam tests often.
Your place on the trail
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