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Beardog Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Comma and use of 'that'
He told her when she arrived that he had always thought music therapy was sentimental and superficial but that her papers were "entirely different."
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He told her when she arrived that he had always thought music therapy was sentimental and superficial, but her papers were “entirely different.”
Comma after 'superficial'?
'but that' or just 'but'?
OR:
He told her when she arrived that he had always thought music therapy was sentimental and superficial, but her papers were “entirely different.”
Comma after 'superficial'?
'but that' or just 'but'?
Top answer
Leave it as it is in the first version. CJ
- Leave it as it is in the first version.
- CJ
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beardogDo you mean without the comma before 'but'?Yes. As in the first version.
First version >>> He told her when she arrived that he had always thought music therapy was sentimental and superficial but that her papers were "entirely different."
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Second version >>> He told her when s
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