Which is a comma splice? two great ballet dancers began their careers in st. petersburg, they were anna pavlova and vaslav nijinsky. two great ballet dancers, anna pavlova and vaslav nijinsky, began their careers in st. petersburg. the great ballet dancer anna pavlova began her career in st. petersburg, as did vaslav nijinsky, another great dancer. anna pavlova and vaslav nijinsky, both great ballet dancers, began their careers in st. petersburg.

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19 April, 14:24

Which is a comma splice? two great ballet dancers began their careers in st. petersburg, they were anna pavlova and vaslav nijinsky. two great ballet dancers, anna pavlova and vaslav nijinsky, began their careers in st. petersburg. the great ballet dancer anna pavlova began her career in st. petersburg, as did vaslav nijinsky, another great dancer. anna pavlova and vaslav nijinsky, both great ballet dancers, began their careers in st. petersburg.

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Dusty · Answer 1

The sentence which uses a comma splice is the first one, "Two great ballet dancers began their careers in St. Petersburg, they were Anna Pavlova and Vaslav Nijinsky". There are two independent clauses which can stand alone joined by a comma. All the other sentences are composed of phrases.