An appeals court ordered the money returned,however,the IRS didn't comply.
A. PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED SENTENCE
B. DANGLER
C. RUN-ON
D. COMMA SPLICE
I THINK THE SENTENCE IS A COMMA SPLICE,
WHAT DO YOU THIMK?
AM I CORRECT?
You are correct!
The sentence is a comma splice.
Yes, you are correct! The given sentence is a comma splice. A comma splice occurs when two independent clauses (complete sentences) are incorrectly connected by a comma without any coordinating conjunction (such as "and," "but," "or," etc.) or appropriate punctuation.
In the given sentence, "An appeals court ordered the money returned" and "the IRS didn't comply" are two independent clauses. A comma is used to connect them, which results in a comma splice.
To fix the comma splice, you can either use a coordinating conjunction like "but" to connect the two clauses: "An appeals court ordered the money returned, but the IRS didn't comply." Alternatively, you can separate the clauses into two separate sentences: "An appeals court ordered the money returned. However, the IRS didn't comply."
Great job on identifying the error!