Word.ws English Dictionary

comma splice

comma splice noun: two independent clauses combined into a run-on sentence with only a comma between them.

Noun

comma splice (plural comma splices)

  1. Two independent clauses combined into a run-on sentence with only a comma between them.

Forms of comma splice

pluralcomma splices

Questions about comma splice

What does comma splice mean?
Comma splice means two independent clauses combined into a run-on sentence with only a comma between them.
What part of speech is comma splice?
Comma splice is a noun.
What is the plural of comma splice?
The plural of comma splice is comma splices.

Words near comma splice in the dictionary

  1. Comma Johanneum
  2. comma lichen
  3. comma of Didymus
  4. comma queen
  5. comma queens
  6. comma splice
  7. comma splices
  8. comma'd
  9. comma-point
  10. comma-points
  11. commacerate

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: comma splice (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “comma splice.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/comma_splice. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.