1. Ladybugs are crafty creatures, when they feel threatened, they pull their legs and antennae under their shells like a turtle.

2. Ladybugs are crafty creatures; when ladybugs are threatened, they pull their legs and antennae under their shells like turtles.

Which type of error does sentence 1 have, and which technique is used in sentence 2 to correct sentence 1?

A.
sentence fragment, corrected by using a semicolon
B.
comma splice, corrected by using a semicolon
C.
run-on sentence, corrected by separating clauses into separate sentences
D.
comma splice, corrected by rearranging and rewording

B. Two independent clauses, 'ladybugs are crafty creatures and when they feel threatened, they pull their legs' and 'antennae under their shells like a turtle' , cannot be separated using a comma. This is called a comma splice.

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michell96 michell96 · Answer 2 · 2019-05-27T11:47:21-04:00

The correct answer is B. Comma splice, corrected by using a semicolon

Explanation:

In grammar, the comma splice is a common mistake and it occurs when a comma is placed in order to separate two independent sentences which are sentences that express a complete idea, contain a subject and a predicate and do not need another sentence to be complete. This is considered as a punctuation mistake because independent or complete sentences should be separated by using a semicolon (;) instead of a comma. This is the case of sentence 1 "Ladybugs are crafty creatures, when they feel threatened, they pull their legs and antennae under their shells like a turtle" in which the two independent clauses "Ladybugs are crafty creatures" and "when they feel threatened, they pull their legs and antennae under their shells like a turtle" have separated using a comma and not a semicolon, mistake that is corrected in sentence 2. Therefore, the type of error that sentence 1 has and the way is corrected in sentence 2 is "Comma splice, corrected by using a semicolon".