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What, if anything, is wrong with the following sentence?

Hello,

I have recently went back to school after being out for 10 years and I am having real trouble with this English part of my semester. I would like to ask you the questions and give you my answer and for you to let me know if I am correct an if not to please explain why. I am doing college online, but I can never seem to get a hold of my tutor for some reason. So here is the question.

What, if anything, is wrong with the following sentence?

The new drug proved to be highly effective, it has not side effects.

A Comma Splice
B. Properly constructed sentence
C. Lacks parallel parts
D. Has unclear pronoun

My answer is B.

Is this correct?
  

Top answer

There are a couple of possibilities. One thing is, "not" should read "no" - but I think that is more likely a typo than what they are asking for. Assuming that "not"/"no" is just a typo, what remains is a comma splice.

— Rommie

  • There are a couple of possibilities.
  • One thing is, "not" should read "no" - but I think that is more likely a typo than what they are asking for.
  • Assuming that "not"/"no" is just a typo, what remains is a comma splice.
  • The comma should be replaced with a period, a colon, or a dash.
  • Rommie
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There are a couple of possibilities. One thing is, "not" should read "no" - but I think that is more likely a typo than what they are asking for.

Assuming that "not"/"no" is just a typo, what remains is a comma splice. The comma should be replaced with a period, a colon, or a dash.

Rommie
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