comma=because

[Greg Pulliam]

Does it seem to anyone else that the type of "comma splice" exemplified in

"We can probably wait on the software for now, I don't think it will
be a problem."

(where the comma takes the place of "because" or "since") is becoming
more and more common in written correspondence?  This is the third or
fourth instance I've seen in less than a week, leading me to think
that it may be moving toward respectability.

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Greg

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