Question 1 • GA-GSE English Language Arts 9
A comma splice occurs when two independent clauses are joined only by a comma. In A, “Raj wants to get tickets for the baseball game” and “he knows it might rain though” can each stand alone, so the comma splice is incorrect. C and E also join two complete thoughts with only a comma. B uses “but” to correctly join its clauses, and D contains just one independent clause.
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