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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Is this a comma splice, I have lots of trouble with them.
Blues, greens, and reds pulse into an inseparable mess, blasts of European techno hits jump into the wild frenzy, blurry figures conduct the chaos.
Or is "Blues, greens, and reds pulse into an inseparable mess" a full sentence, needing a ";" or "."?
Or could I do: "Pulses of blues, greens, reds, and European techno hits jump into a wild frenzy, blurry figures conducting the chaos.
Or someother way.
Thank you.
Or is "Blues, greens, and reds pulse into an inseparable mess" a full sentence, needing a ";" or "."?
Or could I do: "Pulses of blues, greens, reds, and European techno hits jump into a wild frenzy, blurry figures conducting the chaos.
Or someother way.
Thank you.
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Your original is a comma-splice sentence (two-- no, three-- complete sentences separated by commas but no conjunction), but it is acceptable in popular writing; in formal composition, a semicolon or period is called for (the same holds for your third clause-- blurry figures conduct the chaos ) . I like the original much better than your second attempt.
- Your original is a comma-splice sentence (two-- no, three-- complete sentences separated by commas but no conjunction), but it is acceptable in popular writing; in formal composition, a semicolon or period is called for (the same holds for your third clause-- blurry figures conduct the chaos ) .
- I like the original much better than your second attempt.
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Your original is a comma-splice sentence (two-- no, three-- complete sentences separated by commas but no conjunction), but it is acceptable in popular writing; in formal composition, a semicolon or period is called for (the same holds for your third clause--blurry figures conduct the chaos) . I like the original much better than your second attempt.
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