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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Independent clauses with the same subject

I know that 2 independent clauses with 2 different subjects require a comma and conjunction. for example: "He ran, and the dog jumped."

What about this sentence? "She gave me her hand, and she told me she loved me. I know that if I take out the second "she" then I don't use the comma. But if I want the second "she" for some sort of effect, so I use the comma or not?

Thank you very much
  

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I'd keep the comma. It adds the necessary "pause" to emphasize your use of the second 'she' for effect.

  • I'd keep the comma.
  • It adds the necessary "pause" to emphasize your use of the second 'she' for effect.
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I'd keep the comma.

It adds the necessary "pause" to emphasize your use of the second 'she' for effect.

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