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BecauseOfTheOne Posted 4 years ago
2) "I can't recollect anymore, why, or how exactly, I initially came to paint object x in that environment." 3) "I can't recollect anymore why or how exactly, I initially came to paint object x in that environment."
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Which of these sentences are properly punctuated?
1) "I can't recollect anymore why, or how exactly, I initially came to paint object x in that environment."
2) "I can't recollect anymore, why, or how exactly, I initially came to paint object x in that environment." 3) "I can't recollect anymore why or how exactly, I initially came to paint object x in that environment."
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BecauseOfTheOne Which of these sentences are properly punctuated? None, and I can't tell what you mean. For one thing, I don't see how "why" and "how" are different there.
- BecauseOfTheOne Which of these sentences are properly punctuated?
- None, and I can't tell what you mean.
- For one thing, I don't see how "why" and "how" are different there.
- How you painted it was you put paint on your brush and applied it, so you must mean something else by "how".
- " Without the extra comma after "how", the reader is tempted to read "exactly" wrong, and think you are trying to say with what degree of precision.
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BecauseOfTheOneWhich of these sentences are properly punctuated?
None, and I can't tell what you mean. For one thing, I don't see how "why" and "how" are different there. How you painted it was you put paint on your brush and applied it, so you must mean something else by "how".
BecauseOfTheOne1) "I can't recollect anymore why, o
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