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- Question:
- Democracy is a noble goal; it is important, however, to protect the minority from the tyranny of the majority.
- Answer:
- The answer Compound-Complex Sentence is not correct.
- Explanation:
- This is a special type of compound sentence, where the two independent clauses -- "democracy is a noble goal" and "it is important, however, to protect the minority ..." are joined by a semicolon instead of a co-ordinating conjunction.