Identify the sentence that contains a comma splice error.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. The lecture on microeconomics concluded early, the students gathered in the library to study
- Step 1: A comma splice occurs when two independent clauses are joined with only a comma and no coordinating conjunction.
- Step 2: 'The lecture on microeconomics concluded early' and 'the students gathered in the library' are both complete independent clauses incorrectly linked solely by a comma.
Answer
The lecture on microeconomics concluded early, the students gathered in the library to study.
Why not the others: 'The lecture on microeconomics concluded early; the students gathered in the library to study' correctly uses a semicolon between independent clauses; 'The lecture on microeconomics concluded early, so the students gathered in the library to study' correctly joins the clauses with comma plus coordinating conjunction 'so'; 'Because the lecture on microeconomics concluded early, the students gathered in the library to study' correctly subordinates the first clause.
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