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Zorluk: OrtaRun-on Sentences and Comma Splices

In the early days of cartography, mapmakers relied on vague travel logs and artistic license to represent unexplored territories. As mathematical instruments improved, however, cartographers began to prioritize precise measurements. Today, geographic information systems (GIS) allow modern cartographers to compile vast amounts of spatial data, they can render three-dimensional maps with unprecedented accuracy.

Which choice best replaces the underlined portion of the passage?

  1. A
    NO CHANGE
  2. B
    data; rendering
  3. data, enabling them to renderCevap
  4. D
    data. Since they can render

Cevap

The phrasing that replaces the second independent clause with a dependent participial phrase ('data, enabling them to render') is correct because it resolves the comma splice without introducing any new punctuation or fragment errors.
The correct option, which uses a comma followed by the participial phrase starting with 'enabling', resolves the comma splice by turning the second independent clause into a modifying phrase.

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1
Identify the clauses in the original sentence.
The sentence contains two independent clauses: 'geographic information systems (GIS) allow modern cartographers to compile vast amounts of spatial data' and 'they can render three-dimensional maps with unprecedented accuracy.'
To determine if there is a run-on or comma splice, we must check if the joined clauses can stand alone as complete sentences.
2
Analyze how the clauses are connected in the original text.
The clauses are connected by only a comma, which creates a comma splice.
Two independent clauses cannot be joined by a comma alone; they require a semicolon, a colon, a period, or a comma plus a coordinating conjunction.
3
Evaluate the answer choices to find a grammatically correct resolution.
Replacing 'data, they can render' with 'data, enabling them to render' changes the second clause into a dependent participial phrase, which can be correctly attached to the first clause with a comma.
This resolves the comma splice by subordinating the second clause, resulting in a single, well-structured sentence.

Anahtar Kavram

Identifying and correcting comma splices by using coordination, subordination, or punctuation changes that maintain complete, grammatical sentences.
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Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices

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