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| May 13, 2023 at 10:07 | history | closed |
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| May 13, 2023 at 10:07 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | At Is it OK to combine two independent clauses into just one sentence? there is a strong argument that not all comma splices should be seen as unacceptable ('errors'). The conjunctive adverb / conjunction issue is also addressed, | |
| May 13, 2023 at 9:55 | history | edited | Joachim | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 13, 2023 at 1:51 | history | edited | Laurel♦ |
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| Sep 27, 2022 at 15:14 | comment | added | John Lawler | No, it's considered a comma splice error because the comma doesn't have the proper intonation to end a complete sentence; a semicolon does. So when you're reading along, the comma tricks you into not noticing the end of the sentence, only to find that another one has started, and you hafta go back and reparse. | |
| Sep 27, 2022 at 9:03 | comment | added | Stuart F | This question about furthermore is relevant; and here's another question about whether comma splices are grammatical. Wikipedia's article says that opponents of comma splices call for a coordinating conjunction not a coordinating adverb; but also notes that you can do what you like. | |
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| Sep 27, 2022 at 4:09 | history | asked | rain soupreme | CC BY-SA 4.0 |