0
Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Independent clauses joined by a comma...??
I came across this in the sentence error identification part of the writing section of the SAT:
Many people have come to the party, he was pleased to note.
The answer turned out to be No Error, but then isn't this sentence comprised of two independent clauses joined by a comma??? Shouldn't a quotation mark or something be added before "Many people have come to the party?" if not, why are they unnecessary???
Thanks in advance
Many people have come to the party, he was pleased to note.
The answer turned out to be No Error, but then isn't this sentence comprised of two independent clauses joined by a comma??? Shouldn't a quotation mark or something be added before "Many people have come to the party?" if not, why are they unnecessary???
Thanks in advance
Top answer
I too would have punctuated it more clearly, but it seems OK: (That) Many people have come to the party, he was pleased to note.
- I too would have punctuated it more clearly, but it seems OK: (That) Many people have come to the party, he was pleased to note.
Get the Weekly English Kit 📬
New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.
2 Answers
0
I too would have punctuated it more clearly, but it seems OK:
(That) Many people have come to the party, he was pleased to note.
(That) Many people have come to the party, he was pleased to note.
00
I don't think it was a quotation. He didn't really say it, did he? He just noted it somewhere in his mind. And if there was no quotation of his speech, inverted commas aren't necessary. You can paraphrase the sentence: He was pleased to note that many people have come to the party.
0
Related Questions