• ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca
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    12 hours ago

    Far too many writers use a comma, when they should have used a semicolon or perion. It creates comma splices, where you join two main clauses with a comma.

    Wrong:

    His new car was flashy, it was bright red and had a custom license plate.

    Right:

    His new car was flashy. It was bright red and had a customer license plate.