Question
Which is a comma splice?
I learned to sew by taking a class, it was taught by a great teacher.
Making new clothes is fun, and it can also be less expensive than buying them.
Sometimes, I design my own clothes, but other times, I use commercial patterns to make them.
If you are not patient when you sew, you are more likely to make mistakes.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The sentence that contains a comma splice is:
"I learned to sew by taking a class, it was taught by a great teacher."
A comma splice occurs when two independent clauses are joined by just a comma without a coordinating conjunction. In this case, both segments can stand alone as complete sentences, which is why it is a comma splice. You could correct it by using a period, a semicolon, or by adding a coordinating conjunction (like "and").
For example:
- "I learned to sew by taking a class. It was taught by a great teacher."
- "I learned to sew by taking a class; it was taught by a great teacher."
- "I learned to sew by taking a class, and it was taught by a great teacher."
"I learned to sew by taking a class, it was taught by a great teacher."
A comma splice occurs when two independent clauses are joined by just a comma without a coordinating conjunction. In this case, both segments can stand alone as complete sentences, which is why it is a comma splice. You could correct it by using a period, a semicolon, or by adding a coordinating conjunction (like "and").
For example:
- "I learned to sew by taking a class. It was taught by a great teacher."
- "I learned to sew by taking a class; it was taught by a great teacher."
- "I learned to sew by taking a class, and it was taught by a great teacher."