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>>17896569
>Naturally, there are also many cases where commas change the meaning of a sentence
That's not what I meant
I googled "comma splice" and the first example I got was:
>Koalas are not bears, they are marsupials
Two independent clauses, separated by a comma. A very normal occurence in my native (Russian).
The article claimed that this is a mistake, and suggested one of these "solutions":
>Koalas are not bears; they are marsupials
>Koalas are not bears. They are marsupials
And so on.
But why is this considered wrong in the first place?