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Bill
12-14-2017, 10:54am
Get back with us when you finish your Hooked on Phonics course, and best of luck with that GED!

“Best of luck with that GED” is not an independent clause. A subject can sometimes be implied in an imperative clause, but the verb can not be implied.

Is this right? I don't see why "best of luck with that GED isn't an independent clause. Have I committed an error of comma splice, in the first statement?
MrPeabody
12-14-2017, 10:57am
I over-use commas. But I just do it to slow down speed readers.:yesnod:
Mike Mercury
12-14-2017, 11:05am
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Thunder22
12-14-2017, 11:15am
Is this right? I don't see why "best of luck with that GED isn't an independent clause. Have I committed an error of comma splice, in the first statement?

no comma was needed
Bill
12-14-2017, 11:25am
no comma was needed

Was it wrong to include it? I was using the Peabody Principle, making the sentence flow better.
WalkerInTN
12-14-2017, 11:32am
Is this right? I don't see why "best of luck with that GED isn't an independent clause. Have I committed an error of comma splice, in the first statement?

I think you committed one in that sentence as well. :leaving:
Aerovette
12-14-2017, 11:34am
I over-use commas. But I just do it to slow down speed readers.:yesnod:


Me, too.
Bill
12-14-2017, 11:39am
I think you committed one in that sentence as well. :leaving:

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Ol Timer
12-14-2017, 12:18pm
The only independent clause I'm familiar with is Santa.
Mike Mercury
12-14-2017, 12:40pm
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mrvette
12-14-2017, 1:34pm
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snide
12-14-2017, 1:40pm
Was it wrong to include it? I was using the Peabody Principle, making the sentence flow better.

I would have put the comma after "and", not before.
Mike Mercury
12-14-2017, 3:10pm
I would have put the comma after "and", not before.

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OddBall
12-14-2017, 3:58pm
I would have put the comma after "and", not before.

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snide
12-14-2017, 4:01pm
Jawohl, mein führer!

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Bill
12-14-2017, 7:08pm
I would have put the comma after "and", not before.

Not what I asked. Is it improper to place the comma where I placed it, and for the reason given?