Comma
Splice Practice 5
Identify and correct any comma
splices in the following email entitled "Rules of Chocolate."
Chocolate is a
vegetable. How so?
Chocolate is derived from cacao beans, beans are vegetables.
In addition, sugar is derived from either sugar CANE or sugar Beets, both
are plants, which places them in the vegetable category.
Thus, chocolate is a vegetable, you should have at least five servings of
vegetables a day.
To go one step
further, chocolate bars also contain milk.
Milk is a healthy dairy product, therefore, chocolate bars are a health
food.
Chocolate covered
raisins, cherries, orange slices, and strawberries all count as fruit,
consequently, you can eat as many as you want.
If you've got
melted chocolate all over your hands, you're eating it too slowly.
Consider this
problem. How do you get 2 pounds of
chocolate home from the store in a hot car?
The solution is easy, eat it in the parking lot.
If you are trying
to lose weight, here is a delicious diet tip.
Eat a chocolate bar before each meal, it will take the edge off of your
appetite, and you will eat less. If
calories are an issue for you, store your chocolate on top of the refrigerator.
Calories are known to be afraid of heights, they will jump out of the
chocolate to protect themselves.
If I eat equal
amounts of dark chocolate and white chocolate, is that a balanced diet?
Don’t they actually counteract each other?
Are you having
trouble accomplishing your daily goals? Here's
a suggestion for you, put "eat chocolate" at the top of your list of
things to do today. That way you
will get at least one thing done!