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Poll: 'This is a family that don't have relationships, they take hostages.' BBC Website

'This is a family that don't have relationships, they take hostages.' BBC Website

The punctuations is fine.
The punctuation is wrong.

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  • Votes: 371
  • Comments: 2
  • Added: August 2007

Comments:

geowa4

There are two independent clauses here, separated by a comma. Commas cannot join two sentences on their own. The also need a conjunction, like "but", "and", and "or".

TMathews

It needs a connecting colon. The writer also needs to decide whether family is plural or singular and make the necessary grammatical corrections.

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