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Nancy1982 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

is this grammatically correct? Thanks for your help

The members have not come up with a date yet, Mr. Farmer will let us know when.
  

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It's a comma splice - two indepdent clauses linked with a comma. The members have not come up with a date yet, but Mr. Farmer will let us know when.

— BarbaraPA

  • It's a comma splice - two indepdent clauses linked with a comma.
  • The members have not come up with a date yet, but Mr.
  • Farmer will let us know when.
  • ) The members have not come up with a date yet, but Mr.
  • Farmer will let us know the date when it is determined.
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It's a comma splice - two indepdent clauses linked with a comma.

The members have not come up with a date yet, but Mr. Farmer will let us know when. (This also sound a little incomplete.)

The members have not come up with a date yet, but Mr. Farmer will let us know the date when it is determined. (or decided or settled on, etc.)
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