is having 'as' here connecting 2 independent sentences a comma splice ? within 2 years, 580 had broken up, as Nance had to return home to New York, because of an illness in her family?
@@BrilliantPrep But in one of your videos you said that if the SC comes after the independent sentence then we shouldnt use comma but if the sentence begins with a subordinate clause then its fine to use a comma im confused?
Yes in most cases there should be no comma before the dependent clauses (in this case, before "as" and "because"). But the comma is a minor issue -- in the example you presented, there is no "run on" quality to it, especially if we were to delete the commas. What is the source of the sentence?
