Thinking critically about comma splices and fused sentences
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Reading with an eye for special effects
Look through some stories or essays to find comma splices and fused sentences. Copy down one or two and enough of the surrounding text to show context, and comment in the box below on the effects they create. Also indicate the source(s) of the passages you found.
Look through some stories or essays to find comma splices and fused sentences. Copy down one or two and enough of the surrounding text to show context, and comment in the box below on the effects they create. Also indicate the source(s) of the passages you found.
Roger Angell is known as a careful and correct stylist, yet he often deviates from the “correct” to create special effects, as in this passage...
Thinking about any comma splices and fused sentences in your own writing
Go through some essays you have written, checking for comma splices and fused sentences. In the box below, revise any you find and comment on your chosen revision methods.
Go through some essays you have written, checking for comma splices and fused sentences. In the box below, revise any you find and comment on your chosen revision methods.
Go through some essays you have written, checking for comma splices and fused sentences. Revise any you find, using one of the methods in this...