Timeline for Is a comma splice always a mistake?
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| Oct 31, 2023 at 19:49 | history | edited | Laurel♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 14, 2020 at 20:59 | history | edited | Zan700 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 14, 2020 at 20:23 | comment | added | Zan700 | @Conrado In the lower grades in U.S. schools, many grammar rules are taught as absolute so as not to get into areas that would confuse and frustrate young students. Never starting a sentence with "and" is one such rule. Never split infinitives is another. Not joining clauses with a comma is a similar rule. Later, one finds out these rules, though in general desirable, are not absolute. R.L. Stevenson's advice to a budding writer was ". . . never let a long sentence get out of hand. And never to bother with English grammar." Advice and example in one sentence. | |
| Jun 14, 2020 at 12:22 | comment | added | Conrado | But why is allowed to be a good model for English constructions? | |
| Jun 14, 2020 at 3:35 | history | answered | Zan700 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |