This is a sentence. It starts with a capital letter and ends with a period. It contains a subject and a verb. "Is this a sentence?" Yes, it is. "This?" No, it has no verb. "Well, who are you to tell me what a sentence is, I've been writing sentences my whole life!" Aha! Comma splice!
A comma splice is where you take two sentences and join them with a comma. Each sentence should convey one idea. When you jump to the next idea, start a new sentence. So...
"Well, who are you to tell me what a sentence is? I've been writing sentences my whole life!"
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