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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Multiple verbs sort of.
"The urge to go outside comes suddenly, to be amongst the trees and smell the clear night air, to be away from the people, alone with the stars."
Are commas the right way to seperate these? "The urge comes." would be the root sentence. The urge to go. The urge to be amongst the trees and smell the clear night air. The urge to be away from the people. The urge to be alone with the stars. Would be the idea broken out into multiple sentences.
I'm sure there's a technical word for all this and I'd like to read up a bit about it but not sure how to google for it. Thanks.
Are commas the right way to seperate these? "The urge comes." would be the root sentence. The urge to go. The urge to be amongst the trees and smell the clear night air. The urge to be away from the people. The urge to be alone with the stars. Would be the idea broken out into multiple sentences.
I'm sure there's a technical word for all this and I'd like to read up a bit about it but not sure how to google for it. Thanks.
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You find this sort of punctuation in novels all the time, but as you rightly guessed, in more formal writing it would be broken into multiple sentences. CJ
- You find this sort of punctuation in novels all the time, but as you rightly guessed, in more formal writing it would be broken into multiple sentences.
- CJ
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You find this sort of punctuation in novels all the time, but as you rightly guessed, in more formal writing it would be broken into multiple sentences.
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Thanks. I thought that was right but sometimes I can hear it in my head better than I can punctuate.
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