Hey guy...I need grammar help (need explanation)

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<p>Thanks for your time</p>

<p>Tomato soup appeals to all age group and can be made particularly delicious if adding sweet red peppers.</p>

<p>a) delicious if adding
b) delicious by the addition of
c) delicious, adding in
d) delicious, add
e) deliciously, by the addition of</p>

<p>Im curious about</p>

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<li><p>The correct answer is (B) but I dont know why it is b.
I got it right by the sound of it but I would like an explanation please.</p></li>
<li><p>(E) cannot be the answer because "can be made" is used as a linking verb, and delicious modifies the soup?</p></li>
<li><p>why can't (C) be the answe?</p></li>
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<p>C, D, and E have comma splices </p>

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<p>thx for the reply.
but i thought comma splice only occurs when two independent sentences were split with a comma?</p>

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<p>In (e) also note they’ve turned the adjective into an adverb. “Delicious” describes the soup. “Deliciously” describes the making of the soup. Soup can be delicious, but you can’t cook “deliciously.”</p>

<p>© would be a comma splice if the second part could stand alone as a sentence. Without the preposition “by” to connect it to the rest of the sentence (which would replace the comma), it’s just dangling there.</p>

<p>One twist, I suppose, is that “delicious by adding in” would seem to be stylistically preferable to “delicious by the addition of,” but that isn’t a choice.</p>

<p>For the sake of good order, I’ll note that I’m assuming “group” should read “groups,” and that’s just a typo.</p>

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<p>thx!! Everything I wanted to know was in your reply</p>