Answer: This sentence does contain a comma splice.
Explanation:
This sentence has a comma splice because there is no conjunction after Sheryl got a donut. Hope this helped!
Answer:
They have sworn by a great oath, Lord, to slay thee, ere this year be done. Even now they march towards thee as the north wind of winter for bitterness and haste." At those words Vortigern's face grew white as ashes. Rising in confusion and disorder, he sent for all the best craftsmen and mechanics, and commanded them to go and build him in the furthest of his lands a great and strong castle where he might fly for refuge—"and, moreover," cried he, "let the work be done within a hundred days from now, or I will surely spare no life amongst you all."
Explanation:
Not sure if this is right, but I think it is
(1. "O heavy lightness! serious vanity!"
(2. "Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health!"
I believe there are two sentences in the excerpt that reflect the main character's uneasiness with his family history, and those are:
1. <span>The full contents of the chest never came quite clear, perhaps because he didn't want to know.
</span>2. <span>His mother had once tried to explain the paper to him, but he hadn't wanted to listen.</span>