Talk:Comma splice
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My understanding is that a run-on sentence is not the same as a comma splice; a run-on sentence has no punctuation between the two independent clauses.
E.g.,
Correct: It is nearly half past five; we cannot reach town before dark.
Comma splice: It is nearly half past five, we cannot reach town before dark.
Run-on sentence: It is nearly half past five we cannot reach town before dark.
Chuck 22:15, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
- My understanding is that a comma splice is a type of run-on sentence, with some grammarians using the term "fused sentence" to distinguishing run-ons with no punctuation. --Muchness 18:59, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
- The following quotation from the Scott, Foresman Handbook for Writers clarifies this point. "A run-on occurs when no punctuation at all separates two independant clauses." (5th ed., p. 509) --Davidstrauss 22:47, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Where is the comma?
I'm confused. Shouldn't there be a comma in this example of a "comma splice"?
- A run-on sentence is a sentence that contains a comma splice.
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--hydnjo talk 13:29, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] user comma-splice template
If you're interested in helping Wikipedia fix comma splices or you find them annoying in general, you can use Template:User comma-splice to your userboxes. --M1ss1ontomars2k4 | T | C | @ 02:14, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Grammar stub
Why did someone change this to a typography stub? It's a grammar and linguistics stub. Cat:Typography_stubs has mainly fonts in it. bCube.talk(contribs); 00:56, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
