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Anonymous Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Culture vs tradition

How would you phrase the following?

1 There is a tradition/culture that forbids people from touching...

2 My grandparents generation, they weren't allowed to write with their left hands, teachers would tie their left hands behind their backs, it was a culture /tradition/ generation thing.

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You have a habit of comma splice errors . Learn to avoid this mistake. 1 There is a precept in my culture / religion that forbids people from touching unclean animals.

  • You have a habit of comma splice errors .
  • Learn to avoid this mistake.
  • 1 There is a precept in my culture / religion that forbids people from touching unclean animals.
  • 2 In my grandparents generation, people weren't supposed to write with their left hands, so to ward off development of this sinistral habit, teachers would tie their pupils' left hands behind their backs.
  • It was a teaching technique based on taboos and superstition.
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You have a habit of comma splice errors. Learn to avoid this mistake.

1 There is a precept in my culture / religion that forbids people from touching unclean animals.

2 In my grandparents generation, people weren't supposed to write with their left hands, so to ward off development of this sinistral habit, teachers would tie their pupils' left hands behind their backs. It

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