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English 1b3 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Punctuation of these two sentences

a. I don’t know if the readers will make that connection (They will probably assume the kid was abducted.), so leaving out the part of the sentence that clarifies this is not a good idea.

b. I don’t know if the readers will make that connection (They will probably assume the kid was abducted.).

Q1. Have I punctuated these sentences correctly?

Q2. Should we say 'I don't know whether' as opposed to 'I don't know if'

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English 1b3 Q1. Have I punctuated these sentences correctly? Hmm...

— MrGuedes

  • English 1b3 Q1.
  • Have I punctuated these sentences correctly?
  • Hmm...
  • Maybe it's correct, but I don't like creating new sentences inside brackets, when these are in the middle of other sentences.
  • " English 1b3 Q2.
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English 1b3Q1. Have I punctuated these sentences correctly?
Hmm... Maybe it's correct, but I don't like creating new sentences inside brackets, when these are in the middle of other sentences. I would write "I don’t know if the readers will make that connection (they will probably assume the kid was abducted), so leaving out the part of the sentence th
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Q1.

a. I don’t know if the readers will make that connection (they will probably assume the kid was abducted), so leaving out the part of the sentence that clarifies this is not a good idea.

b. I don’t know if the readers will make that connection (they will probably assume the kid was abducted).

b. I don’t know if the readers will make that connection. (They will probab
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Let me be provocative Emotion: wink, and suggest that the use of parentheses often goes hand in hand with a lazy appr
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