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Goat Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Could you please-two independent clauses

Hi everybody,

http://www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com/dictionary/be

The money's not yours, it's John's. (oxford 12th entry)



Could you please explalin why two independent clauses are joined using a comma? (on conjunction, no semicolon ,no full stop is used)



Thank you
  

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goat Could you please explalin why two independent clauses are joined using a comma? It's a mistake. CJ

— CalifJim

  • goat Could you please explalin why two independent clauses are joined using a comma?
  • It's a mistake.
  • CJ
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goatCould you please explalin why two independent clauses are joined using a comma?
It's a mistake.

CJ
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I would like to know its correct version, please
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The money's not yours. It's John's.

Could you please tell me if the above sentence is correct?
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goatThe money's not yours, it's John's. (oxford 12th entry)
Could you please explalin why two independent clauses are joined using a comma? (on conjunction, no semicolon ,no full stop is used)

Comma-linked independent clauses like this are broadly coordinative in interpretation. The close parallelism between the clauses, as well as their relative simp
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Thanks for your time and help, CalifJim, BillJ
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