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Kelly Tan Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Is the sentence OK?

For example, a child likes baseball, another child, cars, but yet another fancies airplanes.

Is the sentence OK? Thanks.
  

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I would say 'and' instead of 'but'.
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Kelly TanFor example, a child likes baseball, another child, cars, but yet another fancies airplanes.Is the sentence OK? Thanks.
Some style guides advise the use of semi-colons with verb elision, thus:

For example, one child likes baseball; another child, cars
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Thank you CJ. What is verb elision?
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Kelly Tanverb elision
That's when you omit the verb.

CJ
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