Question

Read the passage.

(1) New York City has many tourist attractions, but one attraction stands head and shoulders above the rest. (2) It is the Statue of Liberty, also known as Lady Liberty. (3) Lady Liberty is a woman holding a torch, it represents freedom. (4) The statue is 305 feet tall, including the pedestal on which Lady Liberty stands.
Which among the sentences contains a comma splice?


A. sentence (1)
B. sentence (2)
C. sentence (3)
D. sentence (4)

Answer 1

The correct answer is C. sentence (3)

(3) Lady Liberty is a woman holding a torch, it represents freedom.

A comma splice is when you join two independent clauses using a comma. So among the choices, the correct answer is C. sentence (3) Lady Liberty is a woman holding a torch, it represents freedom. I hope this answer helped you. 

Answer 2

A comma splice is basically a comma fault which means- when two independent clauses are joined by a comma to make one complete sentence. And an independent clause is a clause that can stand alone as a sentence.

So, here in the passage- Option C is correct one.

Lady Liberty is a woman holding a torch, it represents freedom. This sentence can be successfully broken into two complete sentences. Like- Lady Liberty is a woman holding a torch. It represents freedom.