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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

Comma splices and run on sentences

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Hi, Are you hoping for corrections, or simply trying to illlustrate the errors that form your title? ) Clive

— Clive

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  • ) Clive
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Hi,

Are you hoping for corrections, or simply trying to illlustrate the errors that form your title?

(I wouldn't really describe a sentence as a comma splice if it does not contain a comma.)

Clive
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A comma splice is just a run on sentence that has a comma stuck in it to divide the two sentences.

John went to the ballgame he ate a hotdog and had a coke while he was there. (run on)

John went to the ballgame, he ate a hotdog and had a coke while he was there. (comma splice.)
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