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I'm had guests for dinner, that must have been nice. (Is this a comma splice?)
I know if it's a complete sentence it's a comma splice but perhaps informally you do see this written like this.
Without the antecedent it's means nothing?
That must have been nice. That what?
So, I wasn't sure if it's still comma splice.
They sounded like fingers being scraped against a blackboard.
Where do these stand grammatically without the antecedent or previous sentence? They have the components of a complete sentence but mean nothing alone.
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I had guests for dinner, that must have been nice. ) This sounds odd unless there are two speakers involved. Anyway, it's a comma splice.
- I had guests for dinner, that must have been nice.
- ) This sounds odd unless there are two speakers involved.
- Anyway, it's a comma splice.
- __________________________________________________________________________ Without the antecedent it means nothing?
- Don't make the mistake of thinking that every sentence has to be some kind of complete thought or idea.
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I had guests for dinner, that must have been nice. (Is this a comma splice?)
This sounds odd unless there are two speakers involved.Anyway, it's a comma splice. __________________________________________________________________________Without the antecedent it means nothing? Don't make the mistake of thinking that every sentence has to be some kind of comple
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