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Cogar Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

"and" and comma

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00What should the sentences be? Thanks so much.02br
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001. Should any difference 00arises / arise00, we will look into it.02br
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002. I look forward to meeting you00,00 please call me at 1234567. 02br
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00OR 02br
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00I look forward to meeting you00 and00 please call me at 1234567.0-
  

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01. 02br 02br 002. I look forward to meeting you01b 00;02b 00 please call me at 1234567.

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  • I look forward to meeting you01b 00;02b 00 please call me at 1234567.
  • 01i 00 (Note the semicolon)02i 0-
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01. Should any difference01b00 arise02b00, we will look into it.02br
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002. I look forward to meeting you01b00;02b00 please call me at 1234567. 01i00 (Note the semicolon)02i0-
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01cite10Mister Micawber12cite101. Should any difference11b10 arise12b10, we will look into it.12br
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102. I look forward to meeting you11b10;12b10 please call me at 1234567. 11i10 (Note the semicolon)12i12br
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10Thank you Mister
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0A comma with no attendant coordinating conjunction is not permitted between independent clauses of a compound sentence; placing one thus is committing a 01u00comma-splice02u00 error. You can google for that term.02br
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00Between such clauses, your choices are: (1) coordinating conjunction, (2) comma + coordinating conjunction, (3) semicolon. and (
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00Although the question has already been answered, I should like to comment on why 01i00arise02i00 is the correct choice. The subject of the clause 01i00should any difference arise02i00 is 01i00difference02i00, which is singular and third person. One of the f
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0 I look forward to meeting you01b00;02b00 please call me at 1234567. 01i00 (Note the semicolon)02br
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01i00I look forward to meeting you01b00.02b00 Please call me at 1234567. 02i02br
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00It is not wrong to use a full stop instead, is it?01i02br
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0I don't quite see the relevance of your comment, Lovek, since the inflected verb here is the auxiliary '01i00should02i00'-- which remains the same for all persons and numbers-- while 01i00'arise02i00' is an infinitive and is therefore uninflected for neither. It has nothing to do with the subject: '01i00Should any 01b00differ
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0 You are of course correct, Yoong Liat-- it is the 4th option in my previous post.02br
00Thanks, Mr Micawber, for the confirmation.0-

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