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Comma splice

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SENTENCE ERROR: COMMA SPLICE - you have incorrectly joined two main (or independent) clauses with a comma. You need to make two separate sentences, or use a different connective or marker to join the clauses.

So what’s the problem? And what do you need to do?

While combining main clauses by comma is quite common in some languages, it is considered bad style in English, so make sure you identify independent clauses and use other punctuation or markers to connect them.

Here are some links to practise materials:

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On other sites:

• Avoiding comma splices 1

• Avoiding comma splices 2

• Comma splice and fragments 1

• Comma splice and fragments 2

• Comma splice and fragments 3

• Comma splice and fragments 4

• Comma splice and fragments 5

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