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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Shouldn't ''place'' be used instead of ''placing'' in the above sentence?

0I found the following sentence in a certain grammar book:02br
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01font00Connect the main clauses with a conjunction, 01i01b00placing02b02i00 a comma before the conjunction, if necessary.02font02br
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01font00Shouldn't 01b01i00place02i02b00 be used instead of 01b01i00placing02i02b00 in the above sentence?02font0-
  

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01cite10Jackson661212cite10I found the following sentence in a certain grammar book:12br
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11font10Connect the main clauses with a conjunction, 11i11b10placing12b12i10 a comma before the conjunction, if necessary.12font12br
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0 May I know the reason for that? 0-
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01cite10Jackson661212cite10I found the following sentence in a certain grammar book:12br
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11font10Connect the main clauses with a conjunction, 11i11b10placing12b12i10 a comma before the conjunction, if necessary.12font12br
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0 I still couldn't get your point. You are saying 01i00placing = and place02i00 in the context of that sentence. 01font00But why couldn't 01i00place02i00 be used alone in that sentence?02font00 0-
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0Hi Jackson,02br
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00If you used "place" by itself, you would have a comma splice - two independent clauses joined by a comma. That would be incorrect. Instead, if you used 01i00,and place 02i00you have joined them with a conjunction, and that is correct. 02br
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00Does that answer your question?0-
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01cite10Jackson661212cite10I still couldn't get your point. You are saying 11i10placing = and place12i10 in the context of that sentence. 11font10But why couldn't 11i10place12i10 be used alone in that sentence?12font12blockquote
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01cite10Jackson661212cite11font10But why couldn't 11i10place12i10 be used alone in that sentence?12font12blockquote
10This sentence is made up of two clauses. "placing" or "and place" glue the two clauses together. Without the glue they are merely two non-co
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11cite20Jackson661222cite21font20But why couldn't 21i20place22i20 be used alone in that sentence?22font22blockquote
20This sentence is made up of two clauses. "placing" or "and place" gl
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0 00Hi Jackson661202br
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00Barbara wrote: "Does that answer your question?'02br
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00I wrote: "Is the picture clearer now?"02br
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00However, you didn't respond to either of u00s.02br
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00I believe that you should at least say 'Yes' or 'No'.02br
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01cite10Yoong Liat12cite10Hi Jackson661212br
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10Barbara wrote: "Does that answer your question?'12br
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10I wrote: "Is the picture clearer now?"12br
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10However, you didn't respond to either of u10s.12br
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10I believe that you should at least
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