Writing Handbook Exercises
 

Comma Splice

In each sentence below, one comma is incorrectly used to splice two independent clauses (complete sentences) together. Change that comma to a period or semicolon (where appropriate) to create two separate sentences.

example:

A tiny Permanent Force could not defend Canada against its then-likely enemy, the United States, but it could train the Militia, the difficulty was that governments ordinarily had no interest in defence.

A tiny Permanent Force could not defend Canada against its then-likely enemy, the United States, but it could train the Militia. The difficulty was that governments ordinarily had no interest in defence.


10. At the operational level of war, commanders create campaign plans that arrange military activities to enable the sequential or simultaneous attainment of strategic objectives, practitioners of operational art use concepts, theory, and doctrine to analyze complex military problems and to develop campaign models, plans, and major operations.