13. Which of the following sentences contains a comma splice?


A. Our friend, who travelled from Tennessee, was quite tired when he arrived.
B. We need help with organization, structure, and spelling.
**C. The pots clanged to the kitchen floor, the kitten cowered under the table.
D. The cruise ship docked on Oahu, then again on Maui.

Yes, C.

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2. Which of the following sentences is a comma splice?

a. Describing the process by which the earth's atmosphere traps heat.
b. The sun's rays heat the surface and atmosphere of the earth, in so doing they make possible photosynthesis.
c. Photosynthesis is a process by which plants use light to convert carbon and water into carbohydrates this process is essential to the life of plants.

Which of the following contains a comma splice?

A. I called, but no one answered.
B. Mary had a little lamb; its fleece was white as snow.
C. Although we paid for our tickets well in advance, there were not enough seats to accommodate us.
D. The roads were icy, we could not drive to school.

To determine which of the sentences contains a comma splice, we need to understand what a comma splice is. A comma splice occurs when two independent clauses (complete sentences that can stand alone) are joined together with just a comma.

Let's analyze the given sentences:

A. Our friend, who travelled from Tennessee, was quite tired when he arrived.
This sentence does not contain a comma splice. It contains a dependent clause ("who traveled from Tennessee") followed by an independent clause ("was quite tired when he arrived"), and they are correctly connected with a comma.

B. We need help with organization, structure, and spelling.
This sentence does not contain a comma splice. It consists of a single independent clause with a simple list of items separated by commas.

C. The pots clanged to the kitchen floor, the kitten cowered under the table.
This sentence contains a comma splice. It has two independent clauses ("The pots clanged to the kitchen floor" and "the kitten cowered under the table") joined together by just a comma.

D. The cruise ship docked on Oahu, then again on Maui.
This sentence does not contain a comma splice. It includes an independent clause ("The cruise ship docked on Oahu") followed by another independent clause ("then again on Maui"), and they are correctly connected with a comma and the coordinating conjunction "then."

Therefore, the correct answer is: C. The pots clanged to the kitchen floor, the kitten cowered under the table.