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Comma splices and fused sentences are common punctuation pattern errors that are easily corrected. A comma splice (CS) or a fused sentence (FS) occurs when two independent clauses, or two complete sentences, are incorrectly connected. Grammar Review.
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A comma splice occurs when two independent clauses (groups of words that can stand alone as sentences) are joined together by a comma. COMMA SPLICE: Lazy Lou heard that a particular machine would do half his work, he ordered two.
2. Comma Splice Definition: A comma splice consists of two or more independent clauses that follow one another and are incorrectly linked together only with a comma (or commas). The coordinating conjunction is missing. Example of a Comma Splice: She writes the music, he plays the guitar.
A comma splice, or comma fault, is an error caused by joining two independent clauses with a comma but without a coordinating conjunction. Oftentimes, the subject of the second sentence is
Avoiding fragments, fused sentences and comma splices. Using capital letters and writing in the past tense. Using multiple subordinate clauses, punctuating lists correctly when in a complex sentence.
Typically, when instructors tell you that you have a comma splice in your writing, what they are identifying is a single sentence that fuses two independent clauses (or two complete and separate ideas).
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What is a comma splice? Typically, when instructors tell you that you have a comma splice in your writing, what they are identifying is a single sentence that fuses two independent clauses (or two complete and separate ideas).
