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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Grammar--ellipted clauses & punctuation
They were in the bar, Dave in the restroom, Sarah by the bar.
Should we treat the words in bold as two additional main clauses and thus punctuate the sentence accordingly (with periods or semicolons)? Or treat them as phrases and punctuate accordingly (with commas)?
Have a good day
Should we treat the words in bold as two additional main clauses and thus punctuate the sentence accordingly (with periods or semicolons)? Or treat them as phrases and punctuate accordingly (with commas)?
Have a good day
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I wouldn't put a semicolon because it's used in asyndetic complex sentences especially when they contain commas.
- I wouldn't put a semicolon because it's used in asyndetic complex sentences especially when they contain commas.
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I wouldn't put a semicolon because it's used in asyndetic complex sentences especially when they contain commas.
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Thanks for response.
I don't know if I agree, however. I don't know if conjunctions are missing or deliberatly omitted at all, seeing as a conjunction(s) would be incorrectly joining the main clause to these phrases, and the words following the first main clause elaborate on the first, so no conjunction would seem logical here.
I don't know if I agree, however. I don't know if conjunctions are missing or deliberatly omitted at all, seeing as a conjunction(s) would be incorrectly joining the main clause to these phrases, and the words following the first main clause elaborate on the first, so no conjunction would seem logical here.
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