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Sentence Practice 1

Identify each sentence as containing a comma splice or no comma splice.

This activity contains 5 questions.

Question 1.
The Supreme Court hears about 125 to 130 cases during the seven months each year that it is in session, these cases are chosen from over 5,000 petitions.
 
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Question 2.
Most of the petitions are from highly specialized law firms, but every year 200 to 300 petitions are submitted by individuals on their own behalf.

 
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Question 3.
These cases are called pro se cases, from the Latin word "for himself."

 
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Question 4.
In most years no more than one or two pro se cases are heard, fewer result in a positive decision.

 
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Question 5.
Many of these petitions are prepared by prisoners, especially those who have given up on lawyers.

 
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