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TSI Writing: Correcting Comma Splices 3 Views

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Select the best version of the italicized part of the sentence. If you think the original sentence is best, choose the first answer.

Dr. Siddartha is quite young, she is a graduate of Michigan State.

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Okay Yes i writing shmoop another sentence for your last
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one in the section Dr siddhartha is quite young She
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is a graduate of michigan state Yes but that gymnastics
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dr rowe came from Maybe she survived Well smarty pants
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If dr siddhartha is a smarter she sounds well she

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won't like this sentence when there are two independent clauses
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that aren't closely related While we can separate them into
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two sentences with a period in a capital letter g
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what do you know Dr siddhartha is quite young She
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is a graduate of michigan state Yeah that sounds perfect
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right Okay well loser bowl This sentence as is features
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two independent clauses linked by a common so get rid
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of a which is you know bad news bears otherwise
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known as a comma supplies Inserting a conjunction would make
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it seem like the two clauses are related and of
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equal importance like in b and see which is not
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the case Dr siddhartha may be young but graduating from
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michigan state isn't closely related to this idea or american 00:01:01.697 --> [endTime] gymnastics anymore All right we're done
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