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<p>The political process in the United States is dominated by the Democratic and Republican parties, other parties can still influence the nation's political life, though.</p>

<p>(A) other parties can still influence the nation's political life, though.
(E) though other parties can still influence the nation's political life.</p>

<p>E is correct.</p>

<p>please tell me what is the difference between A and E.</p>

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<p>(A) is a comma splice: two independent clauses joined only by a comma (with no FANBOYS coordinating conjunction. (E) remedies that problem by making the second clause into a dependent clause by adding the subordinator “though.”</p>