Original Sentence 1:
“The students were excited to start the new semester they were all eager to learn.”
Missing Punctuation:
This sentence is missing a punctuation mark to separate two independent clauses.
Re-written Sentence:
“The students were excited to start the new semester; they were all eager to learn.”
Explanation:
The semicolon was added to separate the two independent clauses. By using a semicolon, the sentence becomes clearer and helps to show the relationship between the two thoughts without using a conjunction like “and.” It makes the sentence more sophisticated and easy to read.