Question

Identify the choice that contains a comma splice.


I will go to the dry cleaner, and then I will go to the market.


The tomatoes look ripe, the peppers are not ready to pick yet.


Get off the subway at 10th Avenue, or get off at Broadway instead.


Some people like soda, but I prefer lemonade.

Answer 1

"The tomatoes look ripe, the peppers are not ready to pick yet."

This is a comma splice — two independent clauses joined only by a comma. Correct fixes: use a semicolon ("...ripe; the peppers..."), add a coordinating conjunction ("..., but the peppers..."), or make two sentences.