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Soheil1 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

COMMA

Hi.
Why is the underlined comma used here:
'Everything about him denotes power rather than grace, strength rather than beauty."
in place of 'and'?
?

Thanks in advance!
  

Top answer

Hi, It's an effective literary device to suggest that the two ideas are very similar. It adds elegance to the sentence. It's not something a writer should do all the time, otherwise it will become merely tiresome and annoying.

— Clive

  • Hi, It's an effective literary device to suggest that the two ideas are very similar.
  • It adds elegance to the sentence.
  • It's not something a writer should do all the time, otherwise it will become merely tiresome and annoying.
  • Clive
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Hi,

It's an effective literary device to suggest that the two ideas are very similar. It adds elegance to the sentence.

It's not something a writer should do all the time, otherwise it will become merely tiresome and annoying.

Clive
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