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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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Which sentence uses correct punctuation?


I agreed with the speaker, as a result I clapped very loudly when the speech was over.
I agreed with the speaker, as a result; I clapped very loudly when the speech was over.
I agreed with the speaker; as a result, I clapped very loudly when the speech was over.
I agreed with the speaker, as a result, I clapped very loudly when the speech was over.
  

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Anonymous I agreed with the speaker; as a result, I clapped very loudly when the speech was over. Only this one. As a result isn’t very natural here, however.

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  • Anonymous I agreed with the speaker; as a result, I clapped very loudly when the speech was over.
  • Only this one.
  • As a result isn’t very natural here, however.
  • We would use the coordinator so : I agreed with the speake r, so I clapped very loudly when the speech was over.
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AnonymousI agreed with the speaker; as a result, I clapped very loudly when the speech was over.
Only this one.

As a result isn’t very natural here, however. We would use the coordinator so:

I agreed with the speaker, so I clapped very loudly when the speech was over.
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