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Matthew1622 Posted 11 years ago
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Can "that is" be a conjunction?

"The visual arts are dominantly spatial, that is, they operate and are apprehended in space.“ Is this a run-on sentence? Can "that is" be a conjunction?
  

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matthew1622 Is this a run-on sentence? Yes; you need a semicolon after 'spatial'. matthew1622 Can "that is" be a conjunction?

  • matthew1622 Is this a run-on sentence?
  • Yes; you need a semicolon after 'spatial'.
  • matthew1622 Can "that is" be a conjunction?
  • Sort of; it's a 'conjunctive adverbial'.
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matthew1622 Is this a run-on sentence?
Yes; you need a semicolon after 'spatial'.
matthew1622Can "that is" be a conjunction?
Sort of; it's a 'conjunctive adverbial'.

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