Question

The town council wanted to beautify the streets by planting trees along the curbs in front of houses whose trees had died, Melinda refused to have new trees planted at her curb_________.

Answer 1

Answer:

The options

A. Comma splice

B. Fused sentence

The CORRECT ANSWER IS A.

A. Comma splice

Explanation:

In English grammar, a comma splice can also be called a comma fault.

It occurs when the comma is uesd to join two independent clauses or complete sentences with a comma and no conjunction.

This form of writing is often used in literary writing to portrait a certain mood of informality.

A comma splices can be corrected in three varying ways such as:

-using a coordinating conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) to come right after the comma.

-converting the comma to semicolon.

-converting the comma to a period