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Grammarian-bot Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Is this a compound sentence.

Man proposes, God disposes.

If both of the above clauses are independent clauses (as they seem to be), then why we use a comma insted of a semi-colon.
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I think the answer is "poetic license" - this is not really standard writing, but things like proverbs or headlines don't have to follow the rules strictly.

  • I think the answer is "poetic license" - this is not really standard writing, but things like proverbs or headlines don't have to follow the rules strictly.
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I think the answer is "poetic license" - this is not really standard writing, but things like proverbs or headlines don't have to follow the rules strictly.

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