Comma Splices

Type of the sentence correctly fixing the comma splice:

Technology is just a tool we have, it is how we use it that makes it good or bad.

Type the sentence correctly fixing the comma splice:

Lionel Messi may be the best soccer player in the world today, many still consider Pele the best one ever.

Type the sentence correctly fixing the comma splice:

We worked from dusk to dawn, never had so many contracts been written in such a short time.

Choose all correct answers that fix the following sentence. Money continued to flow in, we started to live the life of the rich, on weekends we ate at expensive restaurants.

• Money continued to flow in. We started to live the life of the rich; on weekends we ate at expensive restaurants.

• Money continued to flow in we started to live the life of the rich, on weekends we ate at expensive restaurants.

• Money continued to flow in. We started to live the life of the rich. On weekends we ate at expensive restaurants.

• Money continued to flow in. We started to live the life of the rich, on weekends we ate at expensive restaurants.

• Money continued to flow in and we started to live the life of the rich. On weekends we ate at expensive restaurants.

Choose all answers that correct the sentence. Elvis Presley was a great singer, he was never really accepted by the country music's mainstream.

• Elvis Presley was a great singer, he was never really accepted by the country music's mainstream.

• Elvis Presley was a great singer, however he was never really accepted by the country music's mainstream.

• Elvis Presley was a great singer, but he was never really accepted by the country music's mainstream.

• Elvis Presley was a great singer: he was never really accepted by the country music's mainstream.

• Elvis Presley was a great singer. He was never really accepted by the country music's mainstream.

Choose all answers that correct the sentence. Brazil has won several world cup championships in soccer, they are always considered a good team.

• Brazil has won several world cup championships in soccer; they are always considered a good team.

• Brazil has won several world cup championships in soccer, so they are always considered a good team.

• Brazil has won several world cup championships in soccer. They are always considered a good team.

• Brazil has won several world cup championships in soccer, they are always considered a good team.

What type of error does this contain?

The woman was sitting at the computer, the computer was not working.

• Sentence Fragment

• Run On

• Comma Splice

What type of error does this contain?

The music festival was a great success, the organizers made a lot of money.

• Sentence Fragment

• Run On

• Comma Splice

Is this sentence correct or does it contain a comma splice?

Jill didn't really want to visit me, all she wanted was to borrow money.

• Correct

• Comma splice

Which sentence is correct?

• We decided to leave the restaurant; the food took too long.

• We decided to leave the restaurant, the food took too long.