Question

Some people find Angelou's poetry to be inspiring and uplifting. But other people find it depressing. What is the BEST way to combine the two sentences? A. Some people find Angelou's poetry to be inspiring and uplifting but, other people find it depressing. B. Some people find Angelou's poetry to be inspiring and uplifting; but other people find it depressing. C. Some people find Angelou's poetry to be inspiring and uplifting; But other people find it depressing. D. Some people find Angelou's poetry to be inspiring and uplifting, but other people find it depressing.

Answer 1

D. Some people find Angelou's poetry to be inspiring and uplifting, but other people find it depressing.

Explanation: The clause other people find it depressing is an independent clause. When two independent clauses are joined by a coordinating conjunction (and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet), add a comma before the coordinating conjunction.

Answer 2

The answer would be:
**D. Some people find Angelou's poetry to be inspiring and uplifting, but other people find it depressing. **

Why?
A is incorrect because the comma is *before* "but." That is grammatically incorrect.

B is incorrect because one can't have a semicolon if they're aren't two *complete* sentences.

C is incorrect because "But other people find it depressing" is not a complete sentence capital letter or not.