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Maj Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
Given the circumstances.
Given the circumstances, he is not going to bother me for a few days, he never gives me a hard time when he is having fun. Is this sentence correct?
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What we have here is a comma splice. That is the use of a comma where a period should be. One way to fix it is by replacing the comma with a period.
- What we have here is a comma splice.
- That is the use of a comma where a period should be.
- One way to fix it is by replacing the comma with a period.
- Then you capitalize the first letter of the word that follows it.
- That gives you two legitimate sentences.
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What we have here is a comma splice.
That is the use of a comma where a period should be.
One way to fix it is by replacing the comma with a period.
Then you capitalize the first letter of the word that follows it.
That gives you two legitimate sentences.
Given the circumstances, he is not going to bother me for a few days.
He never gives me a hard ti
That is the use of a comma where a period should be.
One way to fix it is by replacing the comma with a period.
Then you capitalize the first letter of the word that follows it.
That gives you two legitimate sentences.
Given the circumstances, he is not going to bother me for a few days.
He never gives me a hard ti
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