Question
Many people play a musical instrument music can be soothing. A lot of schools teach the recorder; it is inexpensive and easy to play. The guitar is another excellent instrument for beginners, it takes more practice than a recorder.
Which is the best revision to fix the error in the underlined sentence?
The guitar is another excellent instrument for beginners it takes more practice than a recorder.
The guitar is another excellent instrument for beginners; however, it takes more practice than a recorder.
It takes more practice than a recorder, and the guitar is another excellent instrument for beginners.
The guitar is another excellent instrument for beginners consequently it takes more practice than a recorder.
Which is the best revision to fix the error in the underlined sentence?
The guitar is another excellent instrument for beginners it takes more practice than a recorder.
The guitar is another excellent instrument for beginners; however, it takes more practice than a recorder.
It takes more practice than a recorder, and the guitar is another excellent instrument for beginners.
The guitar is another excellent instrument for beginners consequently it takes more practice than a recorder.
Answers
GPT-5 mini
The guitar is another excellent instrument for beginners; however, it takes more practice than a recorder.
Reason: The original is a run-on. Option 2 correctly joins the clauses with a semicolon and the contrastive connector "however," making the sentence grammatically and logically correct.
Reason: The original is a run-on. Option 2 correctly joins the clauses with a semicolon and the contrastive connector "however," making the sentence grammatically and logically correct.