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Hi,
“Despite having a cold, he went to work and his condition got worse.”
If somebody’s condition gets worse, what could I use instead of ‘get worse’?
What about something with ‘slip’ or ‘regress’?
Thank you.
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” You need a comma to separate the two independent clauses. It is conventional, and the experienced reader misses it if it is not there, which is a distraction for him—always a bad thing in standard writing. That is all the reason necessary, but the comma also keeps the reader from expecting "he went to work and did something else, too " even if only for a fracion of a second.
- ” You need a comma to separate the two independent clauses.
- It is conventional, and the experienced reader misses it if it is not there, which is a distraction for him—always a bad thing in standard writing.
- That is all the reason necessary, but the comma also keeps the reader from expecting "he went to work and did something else, too " even if only for a fracion of a second.
- It lets the reader know that the first clause has ended.
- Punctuation is there to help the reader.
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Ann225“Despite having a cold, he went to work and his condition got worse.”
You need a comma to separate the two independent clauses. It is conventional, and the experienced reader misses it if it is not there, which is a distraction for him—always a bad thing in standard writing. That is all the reason necessary, but the comma also keeps the reader from ex
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worsen; deteriorate
Ann225‘slip’ or ‘regress’
Those don't come to mind as possibilities, no.
CJ
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