Question

read the summary of the first three paragraphs of \the world on turtles back.\
1 in the beginning, there was no land, only the great ocean. 2 the sky - world, the home of the gods, was above the ocean. 3 a sacred tree stood at the center. 4 one of the gods pulled out some of its roots for his pregnant wife. 5 this created a hole in the floor of the sky - world. 6 the mans wife fell through the hole toward the ocean below, clutching the roots in her hand.
which is the best way to combine sentences 4 and 5?
○ one of the gods pulled out some of its roots for his pregnant wife, which created a hole in the floor of the sky - world.
○ one of the gods pulled out some of its roots for his pregnant wife, he created a hole in the floor of the sky - world.
○ one of the gods pulled out some of its roots for his pregnant wife which created a hole in the floor of the sky - world.
○ one of the gods pulled out some of its roots for his pregnant wife he created a hole in the floor of the sky - world.

Explanation:

• The second option creates a comma splice (two independent clauses joined only by a comma, which is grammatically incorrect).
• The third option lacks a comma before "which", and "which" here needs a preceding comma to refer to the entire action of pulling roots.
• The fourth option is a run-on sentence (two independent clauses joined with no punctuation or conjunction).
• The first option correctly uses ", which" to connect the result of the god's action (creating a hole) to the original clause, forming a grammatically correct complex sentence.

Answer:

One of the gods pulled out some of its roots for his pregnant wife, which created a hole in the floor of the Sky-World.