True
When you have a comma splice, what you have are two
independent clauses connected by a comma as in the following sentence:
I like cats, I like dogs.
There is more than one way to correct a comma splice, and,
yes, true, one way to correct a comma splice is to have a coordinating
conjunction preceded by a comma as in the following sentence:
I like cats, and I like dogs.
Answer:
In the year 1651 Robinson Crusoe boarded a ship for London. ... The ship was hit by a storm and the men on board had to be rescued by a nearby ship.
Explanation:
Answer:
A. Maya Angelou, one of the nation's preeminent literary figures, was a mother and a grandmother.
Explanation:
"Maya Angelou was a mother and grandmother. Maya Angelou was one of the nation's preeminent literary figures."
The best way to combine the information in the two sentences is option A.
This is because, unlike the other options, option A kept the meaning of the combined sentences without distorting or making it ambiguous.
Combining the two sentences show that Maya Angelou was prominent, as well as a mother and grandmother.
