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The following sentence is a comma splice:Kelly can't wait to move to Texas, he has always wanted to be on his own.In which sentence is a semicolon correctly used to correct the comma splice?Multiple choice question.Kelly can't wait to move to Texas; and he has always wanted to be on his own.Kelly can't wait to move; to Texas he has always wanted to be on his own.Kelly can't wait to move to Texas; he has always wanted to be on his own.

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The following sentence is a comma splice:Kelly can't wait to move to Texas, he has always wanted to be on his own.In which sentence is a semicolon correctly used to correct the comma splice?Multiple choice question.Kelly can't wait to move to Texas; and he has always wanted to be on his own.Kelly can't wait to move; to Texas he has always wanted to be on his own.Kelly can't wait to move to Texas; he has always wanted to be on his own.

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The sentence where a semicolon is correctly used to correct the comma splice is: "Kelly can't wait to move to Texas; he has always wanted to be on his own."

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