Why is the correct answer c?
i thought comma cannot be used to separate two independent clauses

Which number is main idea? i need answer quick. (1) people may think that love and romantic feelings are enough of a basis for choosing a spouse. (2) the chances of a marriage surviving, however, would improve if prospective marriage partners considered a few unromantic questions before deciding on matrimony. (3) for example, do the two individuals involved share a common socioeconomic background? (4) the more similar they are in their social, economic, religious, and cultural backgrounds, the more similar their expectations about married life will be. (5) in addition, what are their goals? (6) it’s a big advantage to the marriage if they know and share one another’s goals concerning career, lifestyle, and family. (7) finally, and maybe most important, how does the prospective spouse treat others in his or her life? (8) during the courtship, the boyfriend or girlfriend may get special consideration, but in the long run, spouses will probably treat each other about the same way they treat their own family members.

How did loftus interpret false memories? a. because of their desire to whoever is asking them about their memories people will often go along with what they want to hear b. eyewitness memories becomes faulty when we make errors in identifying the source of information we have stored in long term memory c. we accept subsequent misinformation as being correct, and this information becomes part of our memory for the original event d. when we retrieve a memory for a particular event from long-term memory, we also retrieve information from other sources relevant to the event

What are the two main purposes of edgar allen poe’s, “the masque of the red death? ”