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  1. 30-Apr-2006, 23:34 #1
    hela
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    Dear teachers,

    Would you please tell me what is a comma splice? May I have some examples, please?

    Kind regards,
    Hela
  2. 01-May-2006, 02:27 #2
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    Default Re: comma splice

    It's basically using comas to join complete sentences, where semi-colons or conjunctions would do the job better:
    http://www.usingenglish.com/articles/comma-splice.html
  3. 01-May-2006, 07:02 #3
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    Thanks
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