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True or False

100

A comma splice is any sentence with a comma in it.

False

200

A comma splice is a sentence with 2 independent clauses separated by a comma with no conjunction present.

True

300

Is this a comma splice? I was excited, so I expressed it.

False

Comma Splice or Run-on

100

There were so many people at the party it was crowded.

Run-on

200

I was upset I had to get on with my day.

Comma Splice

300

I was scared, I made it out of surgery just fine.

Comma Splice

Definitions

100

What is a run-on sentence?

A run-on sentence has at least two parts that can stand by themselves, but the two parts have been joined incorrectly.

200

A punctuation mark used to separate 2 ideas.

What is a comma?

300

What is the difference between a subordinating conjunction and a coordinating conjunction?

Coordinating conjunctions are used to join independent clauses to make compound sentences. Subordinating conjunctions are used to join independent clauses to make complex sentences.

Corrections

100

I am tired I have to get up.

I am tired, but I have to get up. (Answers may vary.)

200

The dance is tonight, it will be really fun.

The dance is tonight; it will be really fun. OR The dance is tonight, and it will be really fun.

300

The dancers were beautiful, they were beautiful!

The dancers were beautiful; they were beautiful! (Answers may vary)