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Fernbag Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

commas

0In the upcoming sentence does a comma belong after the word demons? 02br
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00Napoleon needed to kill his inner demons and then he could rule the world. 02br
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00If the comma does belong there, why? 02br
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00Then he could rule the world, does not seem to be able to stand alone as a sentence?0-
  

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02br 02br 00I would prefer to remove "and" and insert a semi-colon (though many other members will disagree):02br 02br 001. )02br 02br 00MrP0-

— MrPedantic

  • 02br 02br 00I would prefer to remove "and" and insert a semi-colon (though many other members will disagree):02br 02br 001.
  • )02br 02br 00MrP0-
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0Hello Fernbag, welcome to English Forums!02br
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00I would prefer to remove "and" and insert a semi-colon (though many other members will disagree):02br
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001. Napoleon needed to kill his inner demons; then he could rule the world.02br
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00(I find the meaning of the example very puzzling, though.)02br
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0Thank you very much for answering the question so quickly. 02br
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00When using conjunctions to connect two independent clause, I heard that each of the clauses should be able to stand alone as actuall sentences. This is very confusing. 0-
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