Comma Splice (SLS)

What is a comma splice?

• A phrase with a subject and a verb

• A phrase with two independent clauses and a conjunction to connect them

• A joining of two independent clauses with nothing but a comma

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Which sentence contains a comma splice?

• Manny went to the baseball game.

• The monkey ate a huge burrito, now he needs a nap.

• I went to lunch with my mother, and we got ice cream after.

Correct this comma splice: My dog was really mad, he fought me.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

True or False: A comma splice is a run-on sentence

• TRUE

• FALSE

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CCSS.L.4.1F

Today I Learned . . .

• about comma splices and how to fix them.

• that comma splices are wrong.

• I don't know, this guy didn't teach me anything.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A