Correct the text by inserting or removing commas. There should be a total of one con I Red wolves were extinct in the wild but scientists developed a breeding program and reintroduced the wolves in North Carolina.

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Correct the text by inserting or removing commas. There should be a total of one con I Red wolves were extinct in the wild but scientists developed a breeding program and reintroduced the wolves in North Carolina.

Answer 1

'Red wolves were extinct in the wild, but scientists developed a breeding program and reintroduced the wolves in North Carolina.'

Answer 2

## Step 1The sentence given is "Red wolves were extinct in the wild but scientists developed a breeding program and reintroduced the wolves in North Carolina.". We need to insert a comma to separate the two independent clauses.## Step 2The two independent clauses are "Red wolves were extinct in the wild" and "scientists developed a breeding program and reintroduced the wolves in North Carolina". These two clauses are connected by the coordinating conjunction "but".## Step 3According to English punctuation rules, when two independent clauses are connected by a coordinating conjunction, a comma should be placed before the conjunction.## Step 4Therefore, the correct sentence is "Red wolves were extinct in the wild, but scientists developed a breeding program and reintroduced the wolves in North Carolina.".

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Correct the text by inserting or removing commas. There should be a total of one con I Red wolves were extinct in the wild but scientists developed a breeding program and reintroduced the wolves in North Carolina.

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