I see a surprising number of comma splices in some books I review.
The problem with a comma splice is that the two parts of your sentence are not connected firmly enough. You either need to separate them into two sentences; use a semicolon rather than a comma; or put a connecting word like “and” or “so” in between.
There are a couple of other ways, too, which Mignon Fogarty sets out in this article.
Originally shared by Grammar Girl
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