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ACT English Difficulty: Hard (540)

Digital ACT English Practice Question #1871

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Choose the best option for the underlined portion: The antique grandfather clock had not chimed since the turn of the century, however, its pendulum continued to swing in silence.
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Sentence ; however, sentence.

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When "however" acts as a conjunctive adverb between two independent clauses, it must be preceded by a semicolon and followed by a comma....

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