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Bingo bin Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Don't speak loud suddenly, the baby will get scared.

Don't speak loud suddenly, the baby will get scared.

Can I say get scared in this sentence?
  

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That works. However, I'd rather write: You'll scare the baby

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That works. However, I'd rather write: You'll scare the baby
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bingo binDon't speak loud suddenly, the baby will get scared.
I'm not keen on "Don't speak loud suddenly"; I would say (with minimum alteration) "Don't suddenly speak loudly".

For me, a comma seems scarcely adequate. Probably I would use a dash.
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