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Correct Applied Job Advertised Extensively Semicolon Separate Dependent

Front correct:
No one applied for the job; even though it was advertised extensively.
Back a semicolon cannot separate a dependent clause from the rest of the sentence ("even thougn it was advertised" cannot stand alone)

use a comma instead

Tags: punctuation

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