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Panda blue 483 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Comma usage

This is the song of my divorce, both a sad and happy moment frozen in this song.

is this a comma splice or can 'both' join the clauses ?


Probably my favorite parts of the film, when he's reading all the infomation about the solider.

(Does this require 'are when' without the comma)

  

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This is the song of my divorce, both a sad and happy moment frozen in this song. is this a comma splice or can 'both' join the clauses ? A comm splice is two independent sentences incorrectly joined.

— Clive

  • This is the song of my divorce, both a sad and happy moment frozen in this song.
  • is this a comma splice or can 'both' join the clauses ?
  • A comm splice is two independent sentences incorrectly joined.
  • by a comma.
  • a sad and happy moment frozen in this song is not an independent sentence.
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This is the song of my divorce, both a sad and happy moment frozen in this song.

is this a comma splice or can 'both' join the clauses ? A comm splice is two independent sentences incorrectly joined. by a comma. a sad and happy moment frozen in this song is not an independent sentence. Ergo, this is not a comma splice. Probably my favorite parts of the film, when he's readi

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panda blue 483This is the song of my divorce, both a sad and happy moment frozen in this song.
Is this a comma splice or can 'both' join the clauses ?

It's not a comma splice. The words after the comma are not a clause but a noun phrase. The noun phrase may be considered to be "in apposition" to "song (of my

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