Comments on: Short clauses can take commas

By: XP1

XP1 — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:53:29 +0000

“Experts teach, peers comfort.”

This is wrong. Two independent clauses cannot be joined together with just a comma. This error is known as a comma splice. Although some people accept joining short sentences with just a comma, it is still a comma splice.

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“Experts teach and peers comfort.”

This is also wrong. Two independent clauses must be joined with both a comma and a conjunction.

This sentence is missing a comma before the conjunction.

Fixed:
“Experts teach, and peers comfort.”

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“Experts teach; peers comfort.”

This is already correct.

By: tanuja

tanuja — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:57:51 +0000

please tell me how to solve the phrases and the clauses

By: PreciseEdit

PreciseEdit — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:53:36 +0000

For a series of short independent clauses with parallel structure (as in the Caesar example), we sometimes allow the comma.

However, if the commas are not necessary to create a particular tone, or if the clauses are not in a series, or if the clauses are not parallel, we prefer the semi-colon, a comma with a conjunction, or a period, depending on the context.

By: Deborah H

Deborah H — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:27:39 +0000

I confess, I do this.
I confess—sometimes I do this instead.

By: Derrick Grant

Derrick Grant — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:37:59 +0000

Gotta go semicolon in this case – my opinion.