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Daithy Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Comma splice?
Is there a comma splice? Piece extracted from a newspaper.
"Robin Williams' family have agreed to meet outside court in a bid to resolve a row over the contents of his estate, it emerged yesterday."
"Robin Williams' family have agreed to meet outside court in a bid to resolve a row over the contents of his estate, it emerged yesterday."
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No, it means "It emerged yesterday that Robin William's family ...."
A comma splice would look like
"Robin William's family have agreed to meet outside court, it's a bid to resolve a row."
Remember that in newspaper headlines, a comma will often stand for the word "and":
"The President act, Congress objects."
A comma splice would look like
"Robin William's family have agreed to meet outside court, it's a bid to resolve a row."
Remember that in newspaper headlines, a comma will often stand for the word "and":
"The President act, Congress objects."
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Thanks for the reply. I am aware of what it means. I am just trying to nitpick the punctuation. My initial thoughts were that independent clause CANNOT stand with another independent clause separated only by comma. Now I realised, however, that ",it emerged yesterday." is not an independent clause although it looks as such. When you single out "it emerged yesterday" without the previous context it
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