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  1. 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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  2. COMMA SPLICES. A comma splice results when two independent clauses (complete sentences) are incorrectly joined or "spliced" with a comma. Remember, each clause must have a subject and a verb; each clause must express a complete thought. COMMA SPLICES:

  3. Comma Splice. Occurs in a compound or compound complex sentence when two independent clauses (complete sentences) are joined by only a comma (,) instead of a semicolon (;) a comma and a coordinating conjunction (fanboys: for, and, nor, but, or yet, so), or a subordinator (dependent word). Example: Larry went to New York, he attended an art ...

  4. 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.

  5. Comma splices and run-on sentences are caused by punctuation errors and are corrected in similar ways. A comma splice occurs when two independent clauses (groups of words that can stand alone as sentences) are joined together by a comma.

  6. Comma Splices & Fused Sentences. What is a Comma Splice? A comma splice is the improper use of a comma to join two independent clauses. This means you put two complete sentences or ideas together to make one sentence using only a comma between them.

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  8. 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). Example: Plato establishes a virtue-based system of ethics, the virtues are requisite character traits and skills.

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