Comma splices are compound sentences that are not punctuated properly. It occurs when a comma is used between two independent clauses. This creates a problem since a comma alone cannot be used to separate two independent clauses.
The sentence that contains a comma splice is option B:
These mouthparts are called the mandibles they are jaw-like structures beetles use for crushing food or defending themselves.
Answer:
The sound device shows how helpless love is in relation to time. As time passes, love declines.
Explanation:
The poem talks about the changes that love goes through over the years and how the love of many is diminished and ended over time. Lines 24-26 report this with greater emphasis, through the use of rhymes that impose a musicality and a feeling that time is moving rhythmically. This shows the pressure of time on love, as it reinforces the idea that love can decline if it is not used soon.
Answer:
The two lines that demonstrate the author’s opposition to conventional ideas of patriotism are:-
1. You just expected him to kill someone else, some of those foreigners, that weren't there because they had any say about it, but because they had to be there, poor wretches—conscripts, or whatever they call 'em".
2. I thank my God he didn't live to do it! I thank my God they killed him first, and that he ain't livin' with their blood on his hands!
Explanation:
'Editha' by 'William Dean Howells
' is a story based on war, media and patriotism. It is set during the Spanish - American war times and brings out different perspectives and opinions about the characters in the story.
Editha encouraged her fiance George Gearson to get himself enlisted in the Spanish-American War.
The two mentioned lines are a demonstration of author's strong opposition to the traditional ways of showing patriotism. One shows empathy towards the poor and towards the foreigners who were likely to be killed and they couldn't do anything about it.
Let’s play outside because the weather is nice.
