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I found this on the page " word of the day; yom tov" on dictionary.com

"I know it's yom tov, I know he must be celebrating his own seder with his family." (Irwin Wolfe, Goodbye Beaver Lake, 2001)

How is this different from comma splices? I think that comma alone is connecting two independent clauses.

Thanks for reading.

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    There's no dispensation for yom tov. It's a comma splice, but sometimes authors of fiction take liberties with punctuation to mimic conversation.
    – deadrat
    Commented Apr 23, 2016 at 7:29
  • This use of comma has been a question to me. Thanks a lot.
    – ezirou suzu
    Commented Apr 23, 2016 at 7:38
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Certainly a comma splice. "I know..." and "I know..." Two independent clauses joined with a comma. But I agree with previous poster about fiction mimicking speech.

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