Comma Splice: Speaking came long before writing, we speak much more...

[Englishmypassion]

Hello Everyone,
Do you see a comma splice (the comma after "writing") in the following sentence or not?

"Speaking came long before writing, we speak much more, and all but a couple of hundred of the world's thousands of languages are rarely or never written."

(Please avoid discussing factual accuracy, etc. of the sentence.)

Thanks.

 

[Cagey]

I would fill out the second phrase 'we speak much more than we write'.

With that alteration, this is a list properly punctuated with commas.

"Speaking came long before writing, we speak much more than we write, and all but a couple of hundred of the world's thousands of languages are rarely or never written."​

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Without that alteration, the problem is 'we speak much more', not a comma splice.

 

[Englishmypassion]

Thanks, Cagey.

 

[Loob]

I felt the need to see the context* before reaching a conclusion. Now I have, I agree with Cagey: this is a list properly punctuated with commas.

* ENGLISH IS NOT NORMAL

 

[Englishmypassion]

Thanks, Loob.