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Consider sentence 2. Which of the following would be the BEST revision to sentence 2 to correct the error in conventions?
(1) Paul’s wife Anita and his boss Kroner is the character who best represents the concept of truth as it applies to the elite class in Player Piano. (2) Kroner’s almost fanatic belief in the system is described in religious terms, at one point, a character references “Kroner’s evangelism.” (3) He is described as personifying “the faith, the holiness, the spirit of the complicated venture” and then later called “the rock, the fountainhead of pride and faith for all in the Eastern Division.” (4) All words with a religious connotation. (5) Kroner preaches the facts and figures used to justify the use of machines over human laborers as though they were scripture and he was the High Priest of Eastern Division, as opposed to simply it’s administrator. (6) Whenever Paul makes any sort of comment suggesting that perhaps the Second Industrial Revolution was not entirely beneficial for the “others,” Kroner is quick to jump in and recite the truths that have become the basis for there world. (7) According to him, there is no reason for the “others” to be unhappy at being unemployed because “they never did work” in the first place. (8) Dehumanized and marginalized by the elites, Kroner views the poor in society as nothing more than a political tool to justify the way society has changed to benefit him.
Select one:
Fix the comma splice by adding a conjunction: Kroner’s almost fanatic belief in the system is described in religious terms, yet at one point, a character references “Kroner’s evangelism.”
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Fix the misspelling of "fantastic": Kroner’s almost fantastic belief in the system is described in religious terms, at one point, a character references “Kroner’s evangelism.”
Fix the comma splice by breaking it into two sentences: Kroner’s almost fanatic belief in the system is described in religious terms. At one point, a character references “Kroner’s evangelism.”