Question

This sentence contains a comma splice: Baking was never easy for LaKeisha, something always went wrong. Choose the correct way to punctuate the sentence below:
Question 4 options:

Baking was never easy for LaKeisha, for something always went wrong.

Baking was never easy for LaKeisha, something, always went wrong.

Baking was never easy for LaKeisha. Since something always went wrong.

Baking was never easy for LaKeisha something always went wrong.

Answer 1

This would be A- [Baking was never easy for LaKeisha, for something always went wrong.] The word “for” after the comma is being used as a synonym for “because” here. It’s less common in modern texts, but does show up occasionally, and can be differentiated from the more typical meaning by its placement after a comma.