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Perfect Stranger Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
[punctuation and grammar] one longer sentence
Dear Users,
Could you please tell me if these sentences need corrections as far as punctuation is concerned? I never know if my commas are placed correctly... Perhaps I should add a semi-colon here and there?
Is it better to send an email today or tomorrow and say that I'm leaving the country, and then come to Singapore, or is it better to push through with the part time position and sign up for Chinese classes?
For some reason, before the first and I see no need to put a comma... and yet before and then I think we need one... It's all a bit confusing.
Thanks for any comments and corrections.
Could you please tell me if these sentences need corrections as far as punctuation is concerned? I never know if my commas are placed correctly... Perhaps I should add a semi-colon here and there?
Is it better to send an email today or tomorrow and say that I'm leaving the country, and then come to Singapore, or is it better to push through with the part time position and sign up for Chinese classes?
For some reason, before the first and I see no need to put a comma... and yet before and then I think we need one... It's all a bit confusing.
Thanks for any comments and corrections.
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It might take away some of the confusion if you realize that the first "and" should really be "to"--you are sending an email which is going to say something. You are not sending an email and saying. Also, you could use a semi-colon to separate this into clearer segments, but it would be better to just make it two sentences: Is it better to send an email today or tomorrow to say that I'm leaving the country, and then come to Singapore?
- It might take away some of the confusion if you realize that the first "and" should really be "to"--you are sending an email which is going to say something.
- You are not sending an email and saying.
- Also, you could use a semi-colon to separate this into clearer segments, but it would be better to just make it two sentences: Is it better to send an email today or tomorrow to say that I'm leaving the country, and then come to Singapore?
- Or is it better to push through with the part-time position and sign up for Chinese classes?
- Does that help?
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It might take away some of the confusion if you realize that the first "and" should really be "to"--you are sending an email which is going to say something. You are not sending an email and saying. Also, you could use a semi-colon to separate this into clearer segments, but it would be better to just make it two sentences:
Is it better to send an email today or tomorrow to
Is it better to send an email today or tomorrow to
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