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In a comma splice, two independent
clauses are joined together by a
comma without any coordinating
conjunction between them.
- Laurie was tired in the
morning, she had stayed up
all night.
- The drugstore is across the
street, the video store is
two blocks down.
Correct a comma splice in one of
the following ways:
Use
a comma and a coordinating
conjunction (and,
but, or, so, yet, nor, for,
since)
to join two independent
clauses.
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Examples:
- The drugstore is across the
street,
and
the video store is two blocks
down.
- Laurie was tired in the
morning, since
she had stayed up all night.
Use
a semicolon to join the two
independent clauses.
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Examples:
- The drugstore is across the
street;
the video store is two blocks
down.
- Laurie was tired in the
morning;
she had stayed up all night.
Another
way to correct comma splices
is to make two sentences.
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Examples:
- The drugstore is across the
street. The video store is
two blocks down.
- Laurie was tired in the
morning.
She had stayed up all
night.
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