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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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Please tell me if this sentence is missing commas
Please tell me if this sentence is missing commas:
Go read some books, maybe attend school here and there and when you have learned how to speak then attempt to learn what hypocrisy means.
Go read some books, maybe attend school here and there and when you have learned how to speak then attempt to learn what hypocrisy means.
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Yes, two: Go read some books, maybe attend school here and there , and when you have learned how to speak , then attempt to learn what hypocrisy means.
- Yes, two: Go read some books, maybe attend school here and there , and when you have learned how to speak , then attempt to learn what hypocrisy means.
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Yes, two:
Go read some books, maybe attend school here and there, and when you have learned how to speak, then attempt to learn what hypocrisy means.
Go read some books, maybe attend school here and there, and when you have learned how to speak, then attempt to learn what hypocrisy means.
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I can see why those commas would be put in place. However the thought pattern of that sentence is not to list the events needed to take place. What that sentence is saying is:
Go read some books, maybe attend school some school here and there ( at this point the thought pattern has changed and the author does not want to list more events. Instead he/she wants to confirm that the first tw
Go read some books, maybe attend school some school here and there ( at this point the thought pattern has changed and the author does not want to list more events. Instead he/she wants to confirm that the first tw
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