EasyReading and Writing· Standard English Conventions· None· MCQ
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The sentence "The cat sat on the mat, it was sleeping." is incorrect because it uses a comma splice. Which of the following revisions fixes the comma splice error?
A
The cat sat on the mat; it was sleeping.
B
The cat sat on the mat. It was sleeping.
C
The cat sat on the mat and it was sleeping.
D
The cat, sat on the mat; it was sleeping.
Correct answer: B
Explanation
A comma splice occurs when two independent clauses are joined by a comma without a coordinating conjunction or a semicolon. The sentence is correctly revised by separating the independent clauses with a period. The other choices are incorrect because they still contain a comma splice, or they use punctuation that doesn’t make sense in the context.
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