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Henry_Cowell
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| tinkerbell wrote: |
| Thank you for the constructive criticism. What's a comma splice? I have never heard that term before. |
Then don't criticise the writing mistakes of others. If you don't know why it's wrong, look again. Relying on Eats, Shoots and Leaves for all your punctuation expertise is a bit lame.  |
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thrifty
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| Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Henry_Cowell wrote: |
| tinkerbell wrote: |
| Thank you for the constructive criticism. What's a comma splice? I have never heard that term before. |
Then don't criticise the writing mistakes |
That should be WRITTEN mistakes, comma splice. |
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Henry_Cowell
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You're wrong, 31. Mistakes in writing are writing mistakes. If you don't understand the difference between "writing mistake" and "written mistake," then you need to go back to class with tinkerbell.
tinkerbell: Your primary resource (Eats, Shoots and Leaves) does indeed mention the comma splice in the (surprise!) chapter on commas. Say "hi" to thrifty in the school library. He's the one with the bleary, bloodshot eyes. |
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