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Daithy Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Can you have short independent clauses separrated by commas?

I think I read here sometime back, but I just want to re-corroborate. Is it okay to have, let's say, 3 very short independent and closely related clauses separated only by commas (no conjunctions)?

Ex. "I saw it, I liked it, I ate it."

Someone told me that it is actually considered a list.
  

Top answer

Don't do it in a grammar test. But in literary writing, it's fine. 'Rules'' can always be broken.

— Clive

  • Don't do it in a grammar test.
  • But in literary writing, it's fine.
  • 'Rules'' can always be broken.
  • I wouldn't call it a list.
  • Clive
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Don't do it in a grammar test. But in literary writing, it's fine.
'Rules'' can always be broken.
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Thank you for the answer Emotion: smile. I just can't get my head around the rules lately. People tend to break/deviate (from) the punctuation rul
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As a teacher, I have always tried to avoid speaking of 'rules'.
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