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Which course of action most improves the following sentence?

The rain had frozen over, the roads were extremely slippery.
  1. Change were to are.
  2. Hyphenate extremely slippery.
  3. Fix the comma splice.
  4. Change had frozen to froze.
Explanation
Answer: C - The sentence is most improved by fixing the comma splice. Joining two independent clauses with a comma is incorrect. You must either change the comma to a semicolon or insert a conjunction.
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