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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Conjunction
He loved France, and all the small little delis, old buildings and nicely-paved streets and footpaths, not to mention the food.
Is this sentence OK? I don't know if 'and' works here, since what follows is more an elaboration of what he liked about France, not additional things he liked about it. Is it best to remove 'and'? Replace 'and'? Or what?
Thanks
Is this sentence OK? I don't know if 'and' works here, since what follows is more an elaboration of what he liked about France, not additional things he liked about it. Is it best to remove 'and'? Replace 'and'? Or what?
Thanks
Top answer
A writer might use that style. I like it. Of course the comma right after France makes the reader pause, but if the writer wants the reader to do that, why not!
- A writer might use that style.
- I like it.
- Of course the comma right after France makes the reader pause, but if the writer wants the reader to do that, why not!
- I think most grammarians would prefer nicely paved to nicely-paved.
- A hyphen is usually not used after adverbs ending in ly.
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A writer might use that style.
I like it. Of course the comma right afterFrance makes the reader pause, but if the writer
I like it. Of course the comma right afterFrance makes the reader pause, but if the writer 
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To the best of my knowledge (I’m not an expert) usually lists of similar things are separated by commas with the word ‘and’ joining the final two things E.g. ‘He had many flavours of ice-cream including strawberry, chocolate, vanilla and mint.’
I’m not sure if the example style is technically correct or incorrect by any standards. I like it also. Perhaps by repeatedly saying t
I’m not sure if the example style is technically correct or incorrect by any standards. I like it also. Perhaps by repeatedly saying t
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