Which of the following contains a comma splice?
Geraldine is a volleyball star, she generated most of the points for her team. **
Obviously, the pull of gravity effectively keeps us from flying off into space.
The letter on the coffee table, a note from the president, arrived yesterday.
The waves grew higher, sounded louder, and crashed harder on the shore as the storm approached the tropical lagoon.
The cheetah runs faster than any other animal however, it cannot maintain its speed for very long.
How should this sentence be punctuated?
A comma should be placed between the words animal and however.
A semicolon should be used to separate the two independent clauses. **
A colon should be used to separate the two independent clauses.
No punctuation mark is necessary.
Is this correct? If not can you please tell me where i went wrong with my choices.
Both are correct, yes.
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The sentence that contains a comma splice is:
"The cheetah runs faster than any other animal however, it cannot maintain its speed for very long."
and the correct way to punctuate this sentence is:
"A semicolon should be used to separate the two independent clauses."
Regarding your choices, you went wrong because you selected the option "A comma should be placed between the words animal and however." This option is incorrect because a comma alone is not sufficient to separate two independent clauses.
A comma splice occurs when two independent clauses (complete sentences) are incorrectly joined by a comma without a coordinating conjunction (such as "and," "but," "or," etc.) or proper punctuation. In the given sentence, the independent clauses are "The cheetah runs faster than any other animal" and "it cannot maintain its speed for very long." To correct the comma splice, you need to use a stronger punctuation mark, such as a semicolon.
Remember, a semicolon is used to separate independent clauses that are closely related or of equal importance.