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A coordinating conjunction preceded by a comma can be used to correct a comma splice

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When you have a comma splice, what you have are two independent clauses connected by a comma as in the following sentence:

I like cats, I like dogs.

There is more than one way to correct a comma splice, and, yes, true, one way to correct a comma splice is to have a coordinating conjunction preceded by a comma as in the following sentence:

I like cats, and I like dogs.






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