Comma Splices - (Reading Assignment - Week 7)

Comma splices have long been a problem for the author of this blog. Unfortunately writing with a “stream of consciousness” type of an attitude often leads to placing a comma where there should not be one. Years ago the author was dating a girl that lived two hours away; communication took place mainly through letters and email. It was then that the author was first made aware of his over-abundance of commas within his writing. The girl made it a point to poke fun every time the author used unneeded commas and in actuality this harmless act made the author examine each and every comma before using it. To this day the author continues to examine his commas before use; of course there is still the occasional slip of the comma. It is in fact one of the author’s biggest challenges in writing, and one that he constantly works at to improve.