Comma or semi colon: "Come, we are getting late."

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Mr. Tom

#372752 Wed, 30 May 07 08:30 PM

Could you please tell me which one is better? Is the first one a comma splice sentence?

Come, we are getting late.

Come; we are getting late.

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Clive

#372817 Wed, 30 May 07 11:53 PM

Hi,

Could you please tell me which one is better? Is the first one a comma splice sentence?

Come, we are getting late. This sounds fine and normal to me. The imperative is so short, it doesn't seem inappropriate to use a comma.

Come; we are getting late. This seems inappropriate.

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