Choose the option with the correct punctuation.
a) Despite, pleading with the authorities, she was not allowed to meet her son. b) Despite pleading with the authorities, she was not allowed to meet her son. c) Despite pleading with the authorities; she was not allowed to meet her son.
d) Despite pleading with the authorities she was not allowed to meet her son.
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In the given sentences, the correct option for punctuation is (c) as such: c) Despite pleading with the authorities; she was not allowed to meet her son.
What are compound sentences?
- Option c is a compound sentence.
- In these sentences, different phrases are joined together either using punctuation or various parts of speech like conjunction etc.
- The punctuation used in these sentences is mostly semicolons or commas.
- However, the clause used in these kinds of sentences is called the independent clause.
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