Dependent clauses ?
You save one, you save more than one. (Why is this usage not classed as a comma splice).
The fundraising page set up for Mr Smith, has already raised money for his family.
(is the comma here accurate: or exceptable ?)
Look into an elephant's eyes and you see it's not an it there, it's
a who - a sentient being.
If you use a comma here before 'a sentient being' would that be wrong. Is it only the dash that can add the adjunct information in this way?
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panda blue 483 The fundraising page set up for Mr Smith, has already raised money for his family. The comma must be removed. You can't put a comma between the subject and predicate of a sentence.
- panda blue 483 The fundraising page set up for Mr Smith, has already raised money for his family.
- The comma must be removed.
- You can't put a comma between the subject and predicate of a sentence.
- In contrast, a comma splice is a comma between two independent clauses.
- panda blue 483 Look into an elephant's eyes and you see it's there's not an it there; it's there's a who — a sentient being.
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panda blue 483The fundraising page set up for Mr Smith, has already raised money for his family.
The comma must be removed. You can't put a comma between the subject and predicate of a sentence. In contrast, a comma splice is a comma between two independent clauses.
panda blue 483Look into an elephant's eyes and you seeit
0panda blue 483You save one, you save more than one. (Why is this usage not classed as a comma splice).
Not classified as a comma splice by whom? What's the context?
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