sentence correction
what is wrong with this sentence? : The cow Jumped over the mun and ran straight for the forest; since he got very skared.
4 Answers By Expert Tutors
Hello,
The sentence includes spelling mistakes ( "skared" is supposed to be "scared") and grammar mistakes ( a half colon creates an incomplete sentence.)
One revision might read: " The cow jumped over the moon and ran straight into the forest because he was scared."
Sincerely,
Hoang Tran
Jaimee C. answered 03/04/21
I specialize in grammar, spelling, and reading comprehension
The cow Jumped over the mun and ran straight for the forest; since he got very skared.
- The word "moon" is misspelled. Correction: The cow jumped over the moon
- The use of the semicolon is incorrect. A semicolon is used to link two separate clauses in the same sentence without coordinating conjunctions. In this case, a comma would be the appropriate punctuation, as there is a coordinating conjunction ("since"). Correction: ... and ran straight for the forest, since he got....
- The word "scared" is misspelled. Correction: since he got very scared.

Emily M. answered 11/06/20
Emily M, ESL, Reading, Writing, Social Studies Tutor
Mun is misspelled - it should be moon. The semi-colon takes the place of conjunctions, but in this sentence it is followed by 'since' - a connector of cause of effect. The semicolon should be a comma instead, because a comma indicates a pause and a new clause, but does not take the place of a connecting word. Skared is also misspelled - it should be scared.
man and scared are misspelled. The phrase after the semi-colon is not a complete sentence and would be better placed at the beginning of the sentence followed by a comma.
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Lindsay D.
Since he got very scared, the cow jumped over the moon and ran straight for the forest.11/05/20