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Do these sentences contain comma splices? [duplicate]
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What is a comma splice?
My girlfriend wants me to correct her fan-fiction, and to me it looks fine stylistically, but I wonder if some of the sentences are technically ...
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Is this a comma splice: <Independent clause>, I know
Examples:
It's cold, I know.
She's awesome, I know.
Are these comma splices? If not, what is the name of the I know clause?
Is there a name for the whole structure?
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Is this comma splice? [closed]
Running outdoors burns about five percent more calories than running on a tread mill, in part because there is greater wind resistance outdoors.
Apparently this is correct and there is no comma ...
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Comma splices and fragments in novels
I have noticed that many authors incorporate the use of fragments and comma splices in their novels. Given that this is acceptable practice in a novel, is it acceptable to use a comma splice or a ...
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Comma Splice? “I'm curious, what is the time?”
I asked a question earlier regarding alternative ways of structuring indirect questions
(please refer to this link).
Forgive me if I'm over analyzing this, but I never write sentences like this so ...
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Is it a splice comma if an interjection-phrase is involved?
It's certainly poor style, if not actually wrong, to join independent clauses with a comma when a semicolon or other punctuation would have sufficed. But interjections are usually offset from other ...
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What is a comma splice?
Is this a comma splice? What makes a sentence a comma splice?
Being left at the altar on her wedding
day, Pamela became furious.
