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Jigneshbharati Posted 6 years ago
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Like dodgems, they're brilliant!

Copy and punctuate these sentences adding capital letters, full stops, question marks or exclamation marks.
i love the dodgems, they're brilliant
The correct answer is: I love the dodgems, they're brilliant!
I didn't understand the use of comma and exclamation mark.
My son did get it right but he couldn't explain why.
  

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Jigneshbharati i love the dodgems, they're brilliant The correct answer is: I love the dodgems, they're brilliant! This is not actually the correct answer, and is in fact a comma splice error, albeit a relatively benign one I suppose. Various solutions are possible, including using a dash or semicolon or full stop instead of the comma.

  • Jigneshbharati i love the dodgems, they're brilliant The correct answer is: I love the dodgems, they're brilliant!
  • This is not actually the correct answer, and is in fact a comma splice error, albeit a relatively benign one I suppose.
  • Various solutions are possible, including using a dash or semicolon or full stop instead of the comma.
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Jigneshbharatii love the dodgems, they're brilliant
The correct answer is: I love the dodgems, they're brilliant!

This is not actually the correct answer, and is in fact a comma splice error, albeit a relatively benign one I suppose. Various solutions are possible, including using a dash or semicolon or full stop instead of the comma.

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