FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 14 days agoThe singular they is actually such a natural part of the English language, the people complaining about it almost certainly use it without noticingmessage-squaremessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1256arrow-down110
arrow-up1246arrow-down1message-squareThe singular they is actually such a natural part of the English language, the people complaining about it almost certainly use it without noticingFreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 14 days agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·13 days agoBut for a linking word. It’s a comma splice.
minus-squareDomeGuy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·13 days agoSince both clauses are interdependent and incorrect on their own, the join here with merely a comma is entirely proper and not a comma slice
But for a linking word. It’s a comma splice.
Since both clauses are interdependent and incorrect on their own, the join here with merely a comma is entirely proper and not a comma slice