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<p>Since William the Conqueror in 1066, every British sovereign has been crowned in Westminster Abbey except Edward V and Edward VIII, neither of them were crowned.</p>

<pre><code>(A) neither of them were
(B) neither were
(C) neither of whom was
(D) with neither being
(E) with neither who had been
</code></pre>

<p>Work this out in your head right now if you want, I’m going to post the answer a couple lines down so that you don’t see it :)</p>

<p>Correct answer is C. Why doesn’t that count as a comma splice?</p>

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<p>“Neither of them was crowned.” stands as a main clause.
“Neither of whom was crowned.” cannot stand as a main clause. Instead, the use of the relative pronoun “whom” makes the second clause a relative clause. </p>

<p>So C is correct because you are using a comma to separate the relative clause from the main clause. Therefore, you do not have a comma splice in C.</p>

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<p>I forgot that a comma splice means both clauses should be able to stand on their own. Good call. Thanks.</p>