By R.L.G. | NEW YORK. SEVERAL months ago I w as surprised to see Arnold Zwicky, a linguist, use a comma splice. A few commenters took me to task for being over-picky. The question came up again in ...

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Ben Yagoda examines comma-splice-smitten writers, including Kate Atkinson, whose Life After Life is his favorite novel read over the last year. Lingua Franca: Splice Girl ...

Another is through the famed “comma splice.” More on that is coming up as well. But a third way to induce comatose brainwave patterns in your reader is just by making your sentences really, ...

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Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. As part of my job, I read the written work of lots of different people of different ages. I notice that many of them use comma ...