Which sentence is a comma splice?

Question

Which sentence is a comma splice?

A. While the lawyer prepared the case,
her assistant checked the report she
found no mistakes.

B. Because all the members were early,
the meeting got underway ahead of
schedule.

C. Dr. Matheson,speaking as head of the
hospital's medical council.

D. The secretary handed the report to
the supervisor,he read it quickly.

I think it's sentence D.

AM I CORRECT?

Very good!

is b.

Answer 1

Yes, you are correct! Sentence B is indeed a comma splice. A comma splice occurs when two independent clauses (complete sentences) are joined together with only a comma instead of a coordinating conjunction or a semicolon. In this case, "Because all the members were early" and "the meeting got underway ahead of schedule" are both complete sentences, but they are joined together with only a comma. To fix the comma splice, you could either use a coordinating conjunction like "and" or "but" after the comma, or you could use a semicolon instead of the comma. Well done for identifying the correct answer!