The following sentences form a composition. Select "correct" if the sentence is punctuated correctly, "run-on" if it is a run-on, and "comma splice" if it is a comma splice.
-Moreover, doctors and the army were hostile to Nightingale, they did not want a woman telling them what to do.
A) correct
B) run-on
C) comma splice

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This is a comma splice because two independent clauses are connected by a comma instead of a coordinating conjunction or a semicolon. It can be corrected by replacing the comma with a semicolon or adding a coordinating conjunction such as "but" or "yet" after the comma. For example: "Moreover, doctors and the army were hostile to Nightingale, but they did not want a woman telling them what to do."

The Following Sentences Form a Composition