Writing 2125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Comma Splice
6 Feb 2017
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Quiz- sentence fragments and run on sentences **** While sentence fragments do not have enough in them to make them complete sentences, run- on sentences and comma splices have too much. Run-on sentences and comma splices are independent clauses that have been joined incorrectly. When two independent clauses appear in one sentence, they must be joined in one of the following ways. Join them with a comma and a coordinating conjunction (and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet: examples. Debbie loves to cook i bought her some pots for her birthday wrong. Debbie loves to cook; i bought her some pots for her birthday- correct. Debbie loves to cook, so i bought her some pots for her birthday- correct. Because debbie loves to cook, i bought her some pots for her birthday- correct. More common is the comma splice: a writer puts a comma between the independent clauses.
