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2009 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Full stop or comma?

(avoiding the dreaded ‘comma splice’)

Author: Julia Copus

Publisher: Macmillan Education UK

Published in: Brilliant Writing Tips for Students

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Students often make the mistake of joining two sentences with a comma. Sometimes the misplaced comma is referred to as a ‘comma splice’, and the resulting muddle is known as a ‘run-on sentence’ — a sentence that extends or runs on beyond its natural life. Here’s an example:

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