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Wyn Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
On the Subject of Commas...
Hi, everyone!
I'm new, here, but I wanted to introduce myself by asking about one of my favorite grammatical questions. Where do you stand, as far as placing/using commas go? As you may have already noticed, I'm a fan of commas. My sentences tend to be fraught with interjected phrases, so they tend to look quite complex to others.
Personally, I find it difficult to read complex sentences without commas. I find myself wanting to edit the sentence, shoving in commas with wild abandon, so that I can parse its information the way it was intended to be understood. (At least, the way I think it was intended to be understood.)
I welcome all responses and hope that this isn't a dead-horse topic, so to speak.
Thanks,
Wyn
I'm new, here, but I wanted to introduce myself by asking about one of my favorite grammatical questions. Where do you stand, as far as placing/using commas go? As you may have already noticed, I'm a fan of commas. My sentences tend to be fraught with interjected phrases, so they tend to look quite complex to others.
Personally, I find it difficult to read complex sentences without commas. I find myself wanting to edit the sentence, shoving in commas with wild abandon, so that I can parse its information the way it was intended to be understood. (At least, the way I think it was intended to be understood.)
I welcome all responses and hope that this isn't a dead-horse topic, so to speak.
Thanks,
Wyn
Top answer
Hi, Very generally speaking, I think the trend today is to use fewer commas and shorter sentences. I'm all for the use of commas to make complex sentences more understandable. However, I have some reservations about sentences that have a lot of interjections, in the sense of hasty, second-thought asides that are thrown into the sentence in a casual and careless way.
- Hi, Very generally speaking, I think the trend today is to use fewer commas and shorter sentences.
- I'm all for the use of commas to make complex sentences more understandable.
- However, I have some reservations about sentences that have a lot of interjections, in the sense of hasty, second-thought asides that are thrown into the sentence in a casual and careless way.
- I think it's usually better to reformat such sentences.
- Best wishes, Clive
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Hi,
Very generally speaking, I think the trend today is to use fewer commas and shorter sentences. I'm all for the use of commas to make complex sentences more understandable. However, I have some reservations about sentences that have a lot of interjections, in the sense of hasty, second-thought asides that are thrown into the sentence in a casual and careless way. I think it's usually b
Very generally speaking, I think the trend today is to use fewer commas and shorter sentences. I'm all for the use of commas to make complex sentences more understandable. However, I have some reservations about sentences that have a lot of interjections, in the sense of hasty, second-thought asides that are thrown into the sentence in a casual and careless way. I think it's usually b
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