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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Advice on punctuating this sentence
Are both sentences grammatically corrrect? Which sentence is better? Is it the writer's choice? Is there a difference? Thank you!
In the house where love is present, the household members increase in activity and blessings multiply, joy descends upon them and unhappiness quits the house.
Or.
In the house where love is present, the household members increase in activity, blessings multiply, joy descends upon them and unhappiness quits the house.
In the house where love is present, the household members increase in activity and blessings multiply, joy descends upon them and unhappiness quits the house.
Or.
In the house where love is present, the household members increase in activity, blessings multiply, joy descends upon them and unhappiness quits the house.
Top answer
This is writer's choice. "In a house" would be more usual here. "household members increase in activity" sounds a bit odd to me, and the whole sentence has a slight feel of not having been written by a native speaker.
- This is writer's choice.
- "In a house" would be more usual here.
- "household members increase in activity" sounds a bit odd to me, and the whole sentence has a slight feel of not having been written by a native speaker.
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This is writer's choice.
"In a house" would be more usual here. "household members increase in activity" sounds a bit odd to me, and the whole sentence has a slight feel of not having been written by a native speaker.
"In a house" would be more usual here. "household members increase in activity" sounds a bit odd to me, and the whole sentence has a slight feel of not having been written by a native speaker.
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