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Read the sentence. Crafts once fulfilled useful purposes, now crafts are used mainly for decoration. Which revision most effectively corrects the comma splice?
A. Crafts once fulfilled useful purposes now crafts are used mainly for decoration.
B. Crafts once fulfilled useful purposes, but now crafts are used mainly for decoration.
C. Crafts once fulfilling useful purposes but now used mainly for decoration.
D. Crafts once fulfilled useful purposes, even now crafts are used mainly for decoration.
The correct answer is B. Crafts once fulfilled useful purposes, but now crafts are used mainly for decoration.
Explanation:
In the sentence "Crafts once fulfilled useful purposes, now crafts are used mainly for decoration" there is comma splice because a comma was used to separate two complete and independent sentences, which is a grammatical error. This error can be easily corrected by replacing the comma for a semicolon (;), which can join complete sentences; or by adding a conjunction such as "but" and leaving the comma because it is correct to have a comma followed by a conjunction to join sentences. This last option is used in sentence B.
Another
name for theme is message. Theme is the author's main idea or his
message. The theme can be summed in one word, as death or love. For
example the message of “Romeo and Juliet” is that love's
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selfishness. There can be several messages. Characters say and do
everything according to the theme. First the authors think about the
theme, then create the settings and characters. The theme or message
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