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Zoltán Király Posted 3 years ago
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Does "I am an organized person and I like having structure in my life." sound natural?
Does "I am an organized person and I like having structure in my life." sound natural?
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" sound natural? " This prevents the misreading that results if the reader gets to "and" and supposes you are about to add something else you're an organized one of besides a person. Not that a reader is likely to misinterpret in every case, it just completely eases the process, smooths the way, so to speak.
- " sound natural?
- " This prevents the misreading that results if the reader gets to "and" and supposes you are about to add something else you're an organized one of besides a person.
- Not that a reader is likely to misinterpret in every case, it just completely eases the process, smooths the way, so to speak.
- It is conventional, and all punctuation has to be, or it defeats its own purpose.
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Zoltán KirályDoes "I am an organized person and I like having structure in my life." sound natural?
Yes, but you usually need a comma when two independent clauses are joined by "and":
"I am an organized person, and I like having structure in my life."
This prevents the misreading that results if the reader gets to "and" and supposes you are abou
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