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Commas and Commas and Colons d Colons and Semicolons?

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Comma Misuse<br />

• Do not use a comma to separate two<br />

independent clauses not joined by a<br />

coordinating conjunction conjunction. This creates a<br />

comma splice (as seen below).<br />

– We went to Disneyl<strong>and</strong> Disneyl<strong>and</strong>, we went to Six<br />

Flags.<br />

– He ate six hotdogs, hotdogs he got a stomach ache ache.

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