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Air cat 737 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Comma Usage

Hello,


I have a seemingly simple question about comma usage. I was told that the following sentence is incorrect and that the comma needs to be replaced by a period.


Thanks for getting back to me, here is the information you requested.



Have I been doing it wrong all these years?

  

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air cat 737 Have I been doing it wrong all these years? Yes you have. " Here is a good resource which describes this error and how to remedy it.

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air cat 737Have I been doing it wrong all these years?

Yes you have. This is called a "comma splice error."

Here is a good resource which describes this error and how to remedy it.

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/engagement/2/1/34/

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It's up to you.

Thanks is an interjection, rather like eg Hello. As such, it is commonly followed by a comma.

eg Thanks, you are very kind.

If you add a few words to Thanks, as you have in your example Thanks for getting back to me, a comma at the end is still OK. But a period is also OK if you want to give the reader more time to think bout what he has j

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