What Is a Comma Splice? | How to Spot & Fix a Comma Splice | Kathleen Jasper

[@reshideahmet2918]

Hello, I need to pass the GKT and was wondering which study guide would be best to purchase for the following four subtests: Mathematics, English language skills, Writing, and Reading.

[@juliethash5199]

❤️thank you so much . May I ask what books do you recommend for C-SET ( multi subject ) to pass it the first time .

[@KathleenJasperEdD]

Thanks for watching. I do not have a program for that test specifically. However, I do have a Praxis Elementary Education. Here is a free webinar you can use to help you with your exam. kathleenjasper.com/pages/elementary-education-5001-webinar

[@harmonium8198]

This is a helpful discussion of comma splices. However, at 09:42, the sample sentences are inaccurately defined as run-on sentences. They are not; each of those two sentences includes a coordinating conjunction that joins two independent clauses, and the error is simply that the expected comma before the conjunction is missing. A run-on sentence, instead, occurs when two complete sentences are joined with no punctuation. (If two independent clauses, such as those in this video's examples, are joined with a conjunction, the clauses comprise a single sentence and therefore do not create a run-on.) In other words, a run-on can be thought of as a comma splice that is missing the comma.

[@KathleenJasperEdD]

Hi there and thank you for watching. According to most style guides, a run-on is considered a sentences containing two independent clauses that are improperly joined. It is not specific as to the way they are improperly joined. A comma splice is considered a run-on. In fact, it is considered the most common run-on. Have a great day. courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-geneseo-guidetowriting/chapter/text-run-on-sentences/

[@harmonium8198]

@@KathleenJasperEdD I appreciate your response, and, after this, I won't try your patience with a debate. However, the fact remains that the sentences in question in the video are not run-ons. You are right that many style guides use "run-on" as an overarching term for two kinds of errors, one of which is the comma splice. (In this case, run-ons that do not involve joining complete sentences with only a comma are typically referred to as fused sentences). However, in order to be defined as a run-on, the two sentences must not be joined appropriately--as your sample sentences are--with a coordinating conjunction. Notice how that fact is identified in the definition provided on the site to which you provide a link: "A run-on sentence consists of two or more grammatical sentences not separated by EITHER A COORDINATING CONJUNCTION [my caps] . . . or any mark of punctuation this sentence is itself a run-on sentence." (Notice how this example becomes a run-on after the word "punctuation," since at that point neither punctuation--such as a period or a semicolon--NOR A COORDINATING CONJUNCTION is included to join the two sentences.) Your sample sentences that I pointed out lack a necessary comma, but they DO include the necessary coordinating conjunction. Therefore, they include a punctuation error, but they are not run-ons. Okay, enough: please understand that I draw this to your attention only in the interest of getting things right, since I am sure that, as a teacher, you share that important goal.

[@aphrolov1547]

He had been away for three weeks so they were very happy to see their dad. ?

[@aphrolov1547]

Fan boys! Need a comma! Thanks

[@KathleenJasperEdD]

@@aphrolov1547 yes indeed! He had been away for three weeks, so they were very happy to see their dad.