Questions: Which of the following sentences contains a comma splice? A storm was coming; therefore, we went to the grocery store. A storm was coming; we went to the grocery store. A storm was coming, so we went to the grocery store. A storm was coming, we went to the grocery store.

Which of the following sentences contains a comma splice? A storm was coming; therefore, we went to the grocery store. A storm was coming; we went to the grocery store. A storm was coming, so we went to the grocery store. A storm was coming, we went to the grocery store.
Transcript text: Which of the following sentences contains a comma splice? A storm was coming; therefore, we went to the grocery store. A storm was coming; we went to the grocery store. A storm was coming, so we went to the grocery store. A storm was coming, we went to the grocery store.
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The answer is: A storm was coming, we went to the grocery store.

Explanation
Option 1: A storm was coming; therefore, we went to the grocery store.

This sentence is correctly punctuated. The semicolon is used to separate two independent clauses, and "therefore" is a conjunctive adverb that appropriately links the clauses.

Option 2: A storm was coming; we went to the grocery store.

This sentence is also correctly punctuated. The semicolon is used to join two related independent clauses without a conjunction.

Option 3: A storm was coming, so we went to the grocery store.

This sentence is correctly punctuated. The comma is used before the coordinating conjunction "so" to join two independent clauses.

Option 4: A storm was coming, we went to the grocery store.

This sentence contains a comma splice. A comma splice occurs when two independent clauses are joined with just a comma, without a coordinating conjunction or semicolon.

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