Question

add a comma or semicolon if needed. otherwise, submit the text without any additional punctuation.

director spike jonzes 2009 film adaptation of the childrens book where the wild things are garnered mixed reviews nevertheless, many viewers enjoyed seeing the \wild things\ brought to life on the big screen.

Explanation:

To determine the appropriate punctuation, we analyze the sentence structure. The two clauses "Director Spike Jonze's 2009 film adaptation of the children's book Where the Wild Things Are garnered mixed reviews" and "nevertheless, many viewers enjoyed seeing the 'wild things' brought to life on the big screen" are independent clauses. When connecting two independent clauses with a conjunctive adverb like "nevertheless", a semicolon is used before the conjunctive adverb.

Step 1: Identify the clauses

The first clause is "Director Spike Jonze's 2009 film adaptation of the children's book Where the Wild Things Are garnered mixed reviews" and the second is "nevertheless, many viewers enjoyed seeing the 'wild things' brought to life on the big screen".

Step 2: Determine the punctuation

Since we are connecting two independent clauses with the conjunctive adverb "nevertheless", we use a semicolon before "nevertheless".

Answer:

Director Spike Jonze's 2009 film adaptation of the children's book Where the Wild Things Are garnered mixed reviews; nevertheless, many viewers enjoyed seeing the "wild things" brought to life on the big screen.