Question

read the paragraph.
1 thomas paine, a pivotal figure in the american revolution, was born in britain in 1737. 2 when he was in his mid - thirties, he met benjamin franklin in london. 3 franklin helped paine move to philadelphia, where he pursued a career in journalism, he became the editor of pennsylvania magazine. 4 in 1776, paine authored a pro - independence pamphlet called common sense, which was widely read throughout the colonies.
which sentence should be revised to improve the paragraph’s sentence fluency?

• sentence 1
• sentence 2
• sentence 3
• sentence 4

Explanation:

Sentence 3 has a comma splice (two independent clauses joined by just a comma: "he pursued a career in journalism, he became..."). Revising it (e.g., adding a conjunction or using a semicolon) would improve fluency. Sentences 1, 2, and 4 have proper structure and flow without such errors.

Answer:

sentence 3