Questions: Should there be a comma before the highlighted word? Mufasa tried to build a model ship out of ice; it started to melt in the warm bathtub however.

Should there be a comma before the highlighted word? Mufasa tried to build a model ship out of ice; it started to melt in the warm bathtub however.

Transcript text: Should there be a comma before the highlighted word? Mufasa tried to build a model ship out of ice; it started to melt in the warm bathtub however.

Solution

The answer is the first one: Add a Comma.

Explanation: In the sentence "Mufasa tried to build a model ship out of ice; it started to melt in the warm bathtub however," the word "however" is used as a conjunctive adverb to connect two independent clauses. When "however" is used in this way, it should be preceded by a semicolon and followed by a comma to properly separate the clauses and indicate the pause in the sentence.

Corrected sentence: "Mufasa tried to build a model ship out of ice; it started to melt in the warm bathtub, however."

This punctuation helps to clarify the relationship between the two clauses and ensures the sentence is grammatically correct.

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