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Retro Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Joining two independent clauses with serial commas
Good afternoon all,
I've been using this site as a resource for quite some time, but I joined today because of this particular sentence:
"Treat students with caring, concern, and respect, and create new methods to engage, support, and delight them."
How should the two independent clauses be joined? The sentence doesn't seem right. I was unable to think of a way to correct it.. Thanks in advance for any guidance you can provide.
retro
I've been using this site as a resource for quite some time, but I joined today because of this particular sentence:
"Treat students with caring, concern, and respect, and create new methods to engage, support, and delight them."
How should the two independent clauses be joined? The sentence doesn't seem right. I was unable to think of a way to correct it.. Thanks in advance for any guidance you can provide.
retro
Top answer
It seems fine to me. Personally, I would omit the comma after respect.
- It seems fine to me.
- Personally, I would omit the comma after respect.
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It seems fine to me. Personally, I would omit the comma after respect.
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Thank you for responding so quickly, Aspara Gus! If it looks fine as is, I'll leave it. Love your name!
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Thanks, Clive. I was thinking of a semicolon to break up the clauses, but I wanted to get others' feedback. Sometimes I overthink things.
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Aspara Gus Personally, I would omit the comma after respect.And I would also omit the one after support. That eliminates 2 of the 5 commas and makes the sentence much less like a road with speed bumps.
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