📝 Multiple Choice Question
General-english
Identify the sentence that correctly uses a comma to separate two independent clauses without a conjunction.
A
I arrived late, the traffic was terrible.
B
I arrived late; the traffic was terrible.
C
This is a trick question; a comma cannot do this.
D
I arrived late, therefore the traffic was terrible.
Explanation
Joining two independent clauses with only a comma creates a comma splice, which is grammatically incorrect.
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