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Big dream Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Punctuation in a compound-complex sentence.
Hi,
My textbook punctuates the sentence as follows:
"One can tell the difference between a spider and an insect almost at a glance for a spider has eight legs, while an insect never has more than six legs."
But, I think it should be punctuated as follows:
"One can tell the difference between a spider and an insect almost at a glance, for a spider has eight legs while an insect never has more than six legs."
We use a comma before coordinate conjunctions and if the dependent clause comes at the end comma is not used.
Am I right?
Thanks.
My textbook punctuates the sentence as follows:
"One can tell the difference between a spider and an insect almost at a glance for a spider has eight legs, while an insect never has more than six legs."
But, I think it should be punctuated as follows:
"One can tell the difference between a spider and an insect almost at a glance, for a spider has eight legs while an insect never has more than six legs."
We use a comma before coordinate conjunctions and if the dependent clause comes at the end comma is not used.
Am I right?
Thanks.
Top answer
I agree with your revised punctuation. In spoken English, I would pause after the main part of the statement to give the listener a moment to absorb it, and then not pause while giving the two closely related reasons.
- I agree with your revised punctuation.
- In spoken English, I would pause after the main part of the statement to give the listener a moment to absorb it, and then not pause while giving the two closely related reasons.
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I agree with your revised punctuation.
In spoken English, I would pause after the main part of the statement to give the listener a moment to absorb it, and then not pause while giving the two closely related reasons.
In spoken English, I would pause after the main part of the statement to give the listener a moment to absorb it, and then not pause while giving the two closely related reasons.
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