01:Pretest
HS: English 3B [M] (Prescriptive) (GP) / 1:Writing I
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Read the sentence.
The students read many books, piles lay all around the library.
Which revision corrects the comma splice?
Place a semi-colon after read.
Move the comma after piles.
Delete the comma.
Change the comma to a semi-colon.
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The correct revision to fix the comma splice in the sentence "The students read many books, piles lay all around the library" is:
Change the comma to a semi-colon.
This would make the sentence: "The students read many books; piles lay all around the library." This correctly connects the two independent clauses.
