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Tmn111 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Are the following statements correct?

Don't ever argue with a fool, people may see no defference.

It doesn't matter if you do your job well, your boss will want you to correct it.

Fools are so ingenious that it's impossible to create something that each fool could handle with.

A man behaves reasonably only when all other possibilities have run out.
  

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Unless you use a coordinating conjunction in the first two sentences ('because', for example) you need semi-colons in place of the commas. Otherwise you have run-on sentences. They could also be written as two separate sentences, but I think you want to join them as one, since the two halves are so closely related.

— Philip

  • Unless you use a coordinating conjunction in the first two sentences ('because', for example) you need semi-colons in place of the commas.
  • Otherwise you have run-on sentences.
  • They could also be written as two separate sentences, but I think you want to join them as one, since the two halves are so closely related.
  • Third sentence: no 'with' at the end.
  • Fourth sentence: a bit cynical (I like it), but it is grammatically correct.
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Unless you use a coordinating conjunction in the first two sentences ('because', for example) you need semi-colons in place of the commas. Otherwise you have run-on sentences. They could also be written as two separate sentences, but I think you want to join them as one, since the two halves are so closely related.

Third sentence: no 'with' at the end.

Fourth sentence: a bit
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Thanks very much,

Would those first 2 sentences be correct without the coma then?

Can you tell me what are "semi-colons"?
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