11. Read the sentence.
My uncle loves jazz but he won't be able to attend the festival.

Where should a comma be placed?

A. after jazz
B. after he
C. after able
D. after but

A comma should be placed:

A. after jazz.

Explanation:

The sentence in the question is a compound sentence. That means it is formed by two independent clauses. Independent clauses have a subject and a predicate, and they are able to stand alone as a sentence since they convey a complete thought.

To join two independent clauses, we must use a coordinating conjunction. The coordinating conjunctions are: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so. However, just adding the conjunction between the clauses is incorrect. We must place a comma before the conjunction. Thus, in the sentence we are analyzing here, the comma must be placed right before "but", or after "jazz":

My uncle loves jazz, but he won't be able to attend the festival.

dr. kings dream speech

explanation:

it was late in the day and hot, and after a long march and an afternoon of speeches about federal legislation, unemployment and racial and social justice, the rev. dr. martin luther king jr. finally stepped to the lectern, in front of the lincoln memorial, to address the crowd of 250,000 gathered on the national mall.