Writing in English - Comma Splices

Comma Splices

1) Black bears are beautiful, they have shiny coats. (x)

2) I love watching movies, I have watching TV. (x)

3) My friend, a student at the University of Toronto, lives on campus. (o)

4) I watched soccer yesterday, it was boring. (x)

Black bears are beautiful. They have shiny coats. (o)

Black bears are beautiful; they have shiny coats. (o)

Black bears are beautiful [because/since/when/if] they have shiny coats. (o)

2) I love watching movies, but I have watching TV. (o)

4) I watched soccer yesterday, it was boring. (x)

using a coordinating conjunction

for / and / nor / but / or / yet / so

using a semicolon

;

References

http://www.engvid.com/comma-splices/