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Read this sentence.

The frog jumped across the pond, it landed on a lily pad.

Identify the choice that corrects the comma splice in this sentence.


The frog, jumped across the pond, it landed on a lily pad.


The frog jumped across the pond, and it landed on a lily pad.


The frog jumped across the pond it landed on a lily pad.


The frog jumped, across the pond, it landed on a lily pad.

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Answer:

The frog jumped across the pond, and it landed on a lily pad.

Step-by-step explanation:

I feel like the commas are all uneccesary in the other answers. One of the rules for commas is to put them in the middle of two independent clauses to seperate them.

I hope this helped :)

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