Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Braveheart did it, Adele does it. While I did it then, splicing two sentences into one, snubbing the semicolon to mash two time-zones, ...

“The definition of a comma splice is a sentence where two standalone, independent clauses are connected by a comma.” The definition of a comma splice is a sentence where two standalone, independent ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. As part of my job, I read the written work of lots of different people of different ages. I notice that many of them use comma splices, ...

SEVERAL months ago I w as surprised to see Arnold Zwicky, a linguist, use a comma splice. A few commenters took me to task for being over-picky. The question came up again in the comments several days ...

You can get Samuel Beckett’s most famous comma splice (absent commas) on a T-shirt or coffee mug Because the conventions for their use are so variable, commas can provide a quick sense of a writer’s ...

Your home of Australian stories, conversations and events that shape our nation. More from ABC We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional ...