A comma splice is the use of a comma, instead of a coordinating conjunction or a semicolon, between the two independent clauses of a compound sentence. If the comma is left out, a second grammatical ...

Clear sentence structure depends on establishing where a sentence ends and the next one begins. Every sentence must have an independent clause. The clause is called independent when it includes a ...

WAYNESBURG, Pa. -- A Greene County, Pa., judge ran some of Jerod Green's sentences concurrently, resulting in a sentence several years lighter than the maximum. Although Judge William Nalitz didn't ...