ENGL 100 Lecture Notes - Comma Splice, Dependent Clause
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Needs to be the last sentence of the introduction paragraph. Needs to be in a list format. A sentence that keeps going and going and going. Usually leaves a reader breathless: if read out loud. Comma splices: joining two complete sentences by a comma. I studied english in university, i am an english teacher. I am an english teacher. : use a semi colon. I studied english in university; i am an english teacher : use a conjunction ,and . I studied english in university, and i am an english teacher : use a subordinate clause because . I am an english teacher because i studied english in university. Consists of a period on top and a comma at the bottom: period to stop, comma to make connections to keep going. Format of semi colon : *full sentence* ; * full sentence* Usually used to list items: ex.
