![]() ![]() In the first underlined clause, the coordinating conjunction “and” needs to be added, while a semi-colon can replace the comma splice in the second underlined clause. “Then he straight ended up and took a long, calm look out of the window, first on the platform side, then on the off side …His mind was already back in his office, looking at balance-sheets …” Example #5: Goodnight, Old Daisy (by John Wain) ![]() In this excerpt, after the underlined first clause, the comma splice can be removed by adding a semi-colon, because all the clauses are inter-related. This is what we have arrived at with all our vaunted progress, our great technological advances, our great wealth-everyone goes about with a burden of anxiety so enormous that, in the end, our stomachs and our arteries and our skins express the tension under which we live… Example #4: One Vote for this Age of Anxiety (by Margret Mead) The use of a comma alone is insufficient to properly connect two independent clauses. This is incorrect because independent clauses should be either separated by a period or joined by a coordinating conjunction. The correct sentence would be if comma splice in the underlined second clause is replaced with a semi-colon. A comma-splice refers to a sentence that has two independent clauses joined together by a comma. In this sentence, the comma splice can be replaced with a coordinating conjunction “and.” There are too many commas in the second sentence. “He was middle-aged then, she was fifteen years his junior …The Radleys, welcome anywhere in town, kept to themselves, a predilection unforgivable in Maycomb.” These sentences are corrected with the use of a semi-colon, or a coordinating conjunction, “but,” with a comma. Maria wore a white one.Ĭorrection 1: Farah wore a black dress Maria wore a white one.Ĭorrection 2: Farah wore a black dress, but Maria wore a white one. These types of sentences are corrected with the use of either a coordinating conjunction, or a semi-colon after the first clause.ĥ. Emma gets tense.Ĭorrection 1: The cat leaves paw prints on the drawing room floor, and Emma gets tense.Ĭorrection 2: The cat leaves paw prints on the drawing room floor Emma gets tense. The cat leaves paw prints on the drawing room floor. In this sentence, the comma splice is corrected by adding a period between two independent clauses.Ĥ. My favorite dishes are all chicken-related, chicken is a good source of protein.Ĭorrection: My favorite dishes are all chicken- related. The sentence is corrected by using the subordinating conjunction “because,” which joined the sentence, making its meaning more understandable.ģ. I liked the novel, it was very informative.Ĭorrection: I liked the novel because it was very informative. ![]() These would all be correct if the commas were replaced with periods (full stops). There's one good thing about egotists, they don't talk about other people. Being dyslexic has drawbacks, I once went to a toga party dressed as a goat. Cannibals don't eat clowns, they taste funny. Here the comma splice is replaced with a period that breaks the sentence into two.Ģ. Easy Examples of Run-on Sentences These are all comma splices. My mother and sister bake nearly every evening, we then enjoy eating together.Ĭorrection: My mother and sister bake nearly every evening. ![]()
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