Question

1. fill in the blank with the appropriate punctuation. most of the students understood how the semicolon works however, some students still needed a few examples.

Explanation:

When "however" is used as a conjunctive adverb to connect two independent clauses, a semicolon is used before it and a comma after it. Here, "Most of the students understood how the semicolon works" and "however, some students still needed a few examples" are two independent clauses.

Answer:

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