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Gu-Hoon Kwon Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Comma splice?

Is the boxed sentence a comma splice?

  

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Gu-Hoon Kwon Is the boxed sentence a comma splice? Yes, it is. Substitute a semicolon for the comma to fix it.

— CalifJim

  • Gu-Hoon Kwon Is the boxed sentence a comma splice?
  • Yes, it is.
  • Substitute a semicolon for the comma to fix it.
  • CJ
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Gu-Hoon KwonIs the boxed sentence a comma splice?

Yes, it is. Substitute a semicolon for the comma to fix it.

CJ

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Gu-Hoon KwonIs the boxed sentence a comma splice?

No. A comma is permitted to join contradictions. Think of it as a kind of asyndeton if it helps. It avoids the ugly, distracting semicolon. This use of the comma is gradually being stamped out by hypercorrection.

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