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The penultimate "Purpose" describes a comma splice; the coordinating conjunction (which is in the "Example" but not noted) must also be included to be grammatically correct.
ReplyDeleteThese rules are not correct! What does "after an expression" mean?? And "when two sentences are combined" is not entirely true--use a comma when you combine two sentences *using a coordinating conjunction* (such as and or but). Otherwise, you have a comma splice error. And you only use a comma with an adverb clause if the dependent clause comes first, but not if it comes at the end--"After we left, he fell asleep" but "He fell asleep after we left" no comma. Please don't spread misinformation!
ReplyDeleteA comma also comes after the year:
ReplyDeleteTuesday, May 2, 2012, was when I graduated.