The bakery was closed, it was a Sunday.
You can fix a comma splice by replacing the comma with a semicolon or by separating the two independent clauses into separate sentences.
He won, he had the best score. This is an incorrect or comma splice sentence -- two distinct ideas joined incorrectly by a comma. Either rewrite as two sentences, or change the comma to a semicolon.
comma splice
The difference between a run on and a comma splice is that a run on just keeps going and a comma splice is when you use a comma incorrectly
Using a comma to join independent clauses that could stand alone as sentences
It's called a run-on comma splice.
fused & comma splice
fused & comma splice
If it is possible to replace a comma in a given sentence with a period, and wind up with two sentences that are each complete and that make sense as sentences, then the comma that you replaced was being used to splice together two sentences. This is generally a bad idea.
A comma splice is such a comma, when it collects two independent clauses are connected by only a comma. The following example illustrates a comma splice: the job is hard, get some rest.
comma splice
He won, he had the best score. This is an incorrect or comma splice sentence -- two distinct ideas joined incorrectly by a comma. Either rewrite as two sentences, or change the comma to a semicolon.
Using a comma to join independent clauses that could stand alone as sentences
The difference between a run on and a comma splice is that a run on just keeps going and a comma splice is when you use a comma incorrectly
A comma splice and a fused sentence are essentially the same thing: they are both incorrectly punctuating two independent clauses if not two sentences. An example of a comma splice would be: I need to do my homework, the assignment is due tomorrow. The reason this is a comma splice is because the comma is too "weak" to hold the two independent clauses together. You can correct the sentence in the following ways: I need to do my homework; the assignment is due tomorrow. I need to do my homework, and the assignment is due tomorrow. I need to do my homework. The assignment is do tomorrow. I need to do my homework because the assignment is due tomorrow. Fixing comma splices really depends on what it is that you are trying to say, but the constant factor is that there is a comma being used to separate two independent clauses, and a comma can never do that. The difference between a comma splice and a fused sentence is that while a comma splice uses a comma incorrectly to separate two independent clauses, fused sentences don't use any punctuation, and so the sentence literally becomes "fused". Take the previous example: I need to do my homework the assignment is due tomorrow. If you are still having trouble understanding comma splices and fused sentences, try looking up and studying the following terms: -Dependent Clause -Independent Clause -Coordinating Conjunction -Subordinating Conjunction -How to use a semi-colon -When to use a comma
Fragments, comma splice, and run-on sentences are the three most common types of sentence errors.
1. No punctuation between 2 clauses. 2. Comma splice 3. No comma before a coordinating conjunction