Item 6
Directions: The item below contains a comma splice. A comma splice occurs when two main clauses are illegally joined with a comma alone. Choose the best method for fixing the problem.
You can always review the rules before you make your choice.
Professor Britton was grading papers at her desk,
her students were slaving over their in-class compositions, sighing
heavily and flipping through their dictionaries for the correct spellings
of words.