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Using coordinating conjunction

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saxenankit
 Post subject: Using coordinating conjunction
 Post Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 1:43 pm 
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Please refer problem set of chapter 10, question no 7 -

Historically, the Isle of Man had an economy based primarily on agriculture and fishing; now, one based on banking, tourism, and film production.

Can the answer be -

Historically, the Isle of Man had an economy based primarily on agriculture and fishing, but now, one based on banking, tourism, and film production.
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tim
 Post subject: Re: Using coordinating conjunction
 Post Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 9:56 pm 
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no. the semicolon and comma-but serve the same function - to join two independent clauses. both are wrong here because there is no independent clause on the right..

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