Comma Splices: Identifying and Fixing (2018)

#NeverStopLearningEducation Comma Splices - Identifying and Fixing Learn to identify and fix comma splices! The latest video lesson from Never Stop Learning takes an in depth look at identifying comma splices: *comma between two independent clauses (complete sentences) *how to identify a complete sentence (independent clause) by finding the subject and the predicate AND more importantly, shows students how to fix comma splices by: *replacing the comma with a period thereby forming two complete sentences, correctly punctuated *replacing the comma between the two independent clauses with a semi-colon thereby forming a compound sentence *adding a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) to the beginning of the second independent clause thereby also forming a compound sentence *adding a subordinating conjunction to the beginning of one of the independent clauses, thereby forming a complex sentence (two ways demonstrated) Recommended Reading: Commas: Teaching Students to Use Commas Correctly, Without Boring Them to Tears (Teaching the Boring Stuff Series) by Prufrock Press https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1877673382/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1877673382&linkCode=as2&tag=neverstople03-20&linkId=1793f14416a7097551522718a87b9392 Link to video lesson on Subject & Predicate: https://youtu.be/7ZduSTnrbco Link to video lesson on Varying Sentence Patterns: https://youtu.be/FQQIXZLPWjs Link to more info on independent and dependent clauses: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/punctuation/independent_and_dependent_clauses/index.html Link to more info on coordinating and subordinating conjunctions: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/conjunctions.htm Click to subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/CarolMcNally?sub_confirmation=1 For more information, please visit out website: https://www.neverstoplearning.education Link to NEVER STOP LEARNING Store: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Carol-Mcnally My Studio Equipment: Canon VIXIA HF R800 Camcorder https://goo.gl/4kZ1tN RODE VideoMic Studio Boom Kit https://goo.gl/tNv2WN ESDDI 20"X28" Soft Box Photography Lighting Kit https://goo.gl/aXyHbH My Youtube Analytics: https://www.tubebuddy.com/NeverStopLearning DISCLAIMER: This video and description contains affiliate links, which means that if you click on one of the product links, I’ll receive a small commission. This helps support the channel and allows us to continue to make videos like this. Thank you for the support!