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Eddie88 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Punctuation: I have some sad news to share...

Q1. Are all of the below sentences grammatical?

Q2. Which of these is your preference?

  1. I have some sad news to share: David will be leaving us at the end of the month.
  2. I have some sad news to share, David will be leaving us at the end of the month.
  3. I have some sad news to share, which is (that) David will be leaving us at the end of the month.
  4. I have some sad news to share. David will be leaving us at the end of the month.
  5. I have some sad news to share--David will be leaving us at the end of the month.
  

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Sorry, I forgot to answer your Q1,

  1. I have some sad news to share: David will be leaving us at the end of the month. This is not wrong, but a colon seems to me a bit 'fussy' and unnecessary.
  2. I have some sad news to share, David will be leaving us at the end of the month. You cannot join two sentences just with a comma. This is called 'a run-on sentence' err
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