The federal theatre project is a traveling exhibition, it may be coming to your city. how is the comma used incorrectly in the sentence above? the comma attempts to separate a compound predicate. the comma attempts to join two independent clauses. the comma attempts to set apart an essential element. the comma attempts to separate a compound subject.

The answer is The comma attempts to join two independent clauses. Independent clauses are simple sentences and in some cases two independent can be separated by comma. But, to separate two independent clauses, the first independent clause must be followed by a coordinating conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so). In this example, there is no coordinating conjuction, therefore, the comma is used incorrectly