Sentence Practice 4

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25. Comma splices

Sentence Practice 4

Identify each problem as a sentence or a comma splice.

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The Marine Corps’ Hymn is the U. S. Armed Forces oldest hymn, it hails form the 19th centrury.

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The origin of its lyrics is unknown, but the tune is from an opera that debuted in Paris in 1859.

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The Marine Corps obtained a copyright in 1919, however the song is now public domain.

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Most people know it from its first line, the hymn begins “From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli.”

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The halls of Montezuma are a reference to an 1847 battle that took place during the Mexican-American War, the shores of Tripoli alludes to an U.S. attack in 1805 during the First Barbary War

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