[quote="AbdurRakib"]Next month, state wildlife officials are scheduled to take over the job of increasing the wolf population in the federally designated recovery area, the number of which will however ultimately be dictated by the number of prey in the area.

(A) area, the number of which will however
(B) area; the size of the population, however, will
(C) area, however the number of wolves will
(D) area; the number of which will, however,
(E) area, when the size of the population will, however,



Hi,
Can anyone explain me option C. Can we join two independent clauses with however and a comma.
is option c still wrong if there is a comma after however ( area, however, the number fo wolves will). Does however requires a semicolon in-front of it ?.
In few replies, i read there should be a semicolon in front of however.
In general, [However, subject + verb. ] Is this an Independent clause or Dependent Clause?