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MrInteractive Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Comma vs full stop
Is the following sentence correct ?
"Petty" is an adjective, if you are looking for the noun form, then you need to use "pettiness".
I have had complaints that the first clause should be a full sentence and end in a full stop, but surely the second clause really should be attached to the first to provide an integrity to the intended message.
"Petty" is an adjective, if you are looking for the noun form, then you need to use "pettiness".
I have had complaints that the first clause should be a full sentence and end in a full stop, but surely the second clause really should be attached to the first to provide an integrity to the intended message.
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I think It's better to write as: 'Petty' is an adjective; if you are looking for the noun form, then you need to use 'pettiness'.
- I think It's better to write as: 'Petty' is an adjective; if you are looking for the noun form, then you need to use 'pettiness'.
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I think It's better to write as:
'Petty' is an adjective; if you are looking for the noun form, then you need to use 'pettiness'.
'Petty' is an adjective; if you are looking for the noun form, then you need to use 'pettiness'.
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I do use a semi-colon form quite often and your suggestion is possibly a good one. The problem using that construction form is that to use the semi-colon suggests that the first clause is a statement and the subsequent clause is a commentary or expansion of the statement, but the first clause isn't the whole issue. I want to make a point about the use of petty rather than pettiness, so both bits
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