Run on sentence. A comma splice is a sentence that uses a comma when it should instead be either a colon, semicolon, or conjunction, and there is no comma so that is wrong. There should also be a period between bed and he. Here is what the complete senctwnces would look like: My dog sleeps beside my bed. He wakes me up in the middle of the night to let him out.
Answer: It means an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances.
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The answer is D
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