Comma splice. A must-read for 'thus' and 'therefore' fans.
Comma splice I feel compelled to write this post because I find myself correcting and explaining this mistake over and over again. The mistake is so common it has a special name - comma splice. Comma splice is joining two independent sentences with a comma. For example, "I liked the bag, I bought it." This is wrong because commas don't join sentences. Conjunctions do. You could write, "I liked the bag, so I bought it," or "I bought the bag because I liked it." So and because are conjunctions. They join the sentences. Comma splice is child's play. Not so fast. Look at these sentences and think to yourself if they are correct. Universities give theoretical knowledge, therefore graduates suffer from a lack of real work experience. Young people want to look older, thus they copy adults’ behavior. This research needs to be done urgently, however, it requires a vast amount of money. They are also examples of a comma splice. "How come?!" you...