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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Comma splice?

As years, decades, and centuries pass by, some taboos pertaining to sex have fallen one by one.

is the comma after the word by wrong? it seems to be a run on without a comma
  

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Bastian7 is the comma after the word by wrong? No. Bastian7 it seems to be a run on without a comma No that would not make a comma-splice error.

— Mister Micawber

  • Bastian7 is the comma after the word by wrong?
  • No.
  • Bastian7 it seems to be a run on without a comma No that would not make a comma-splice error.
  • A comma-splice error is a comma but no conjunction between clauses.
  • In your sentence, the comma after 'by' is not mandatory, but the sentence is much clearer with it.
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Bastian7is the comma after the word by wrong?
No.
Bastian7 it seems to be a run on without a comma
No that would not make a comma-splice error. A comma-splice error is a comma but no conjunction between clauses. In your sentence, the comma after 'by' is not mandatory, but the sentence is much clearer with it.

Welc
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that was the same thing I was thinking. Thank you so much!
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