Which is a complete sentence?
Which of the following sentences is a complete sentence?
- During the game, the children hid behind the large tree.
- Dad gave Mom a bunch of flowers, she hugged him.
- It gets hot in the city the mountains are much cooler.
The complete sentence is: "During the game, the children hid behind the large tree."
Explanation:
During the game, the children hid behind the large tree.
The second sentence contains a comma splice which makes it a grammatically incorrect sentence. A comma splice is when two independent clauses are joined together with only a comma instead of a conjunction or appropriate punctuation.
Dad gave Mom a bunch of flowers, she hugged him.
This sentence is not a complete sentence as it lacks a proper separation between the two independent clauses. It should be separated by a period or a conjunction to be considered grammatically correct.
It gets hot in the city the mountains are much cooler.
This sentence is also not a complete sentence because it does not have end punctuation or a coordinating conjunction after the first independent clause. This lack of proper punctuation makes the sentence grammatically incorrect.