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Mehdi kord Posted 5 years ago
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Ask not

Is this sentence a case of comma splice?

Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
  

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When the phrases are contradictory like that, a comma is conventional. People who don't like that can simply use a period: "Ask not what your country can do for you. "

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  • When the phrases are contradictory like that, a comma is conventional.
  • People who don't like that can simply use a period: "Ask not what your country can do for you.
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When the phrases are contradictory like that, a comma is conventional. People who don't like that can simply use a period: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country."

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mehdi kord Is this sentence a case of comma splice?
Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

Yes. I'd have used a semicolon.

CJ

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