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Panda blue 483 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Type of usage in these examples.


If someone tells you no in any way and you ask again, it's not cool, it's not respectful, it's harassment.

Doesn't this require 'and' as it's a listing comma.


New Year – it’s the perfect opportunity to put our mistakes and regrets in the past, and focus on the clear path that lies ahead. A blank canvas. A clean slate. A cathartic remedy.


Are these short sentences: there is no predicate ?

  

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Doesn't this require 'and' as it's a listing comma. No. That is normal English.

  • Doesn't this require 'and' as it's a listing comma.
  • No.
  • That is normal English.
  • It isn't a list, it's two independent clauses joined with a comma followed by a contradictory clause.
  • I am of the school that uses a comma to join two clauses when the second contradicts the first, which accounts for the one you have after "respectful".
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panda blue 483If someone tells you no in any way and you ask again, it's not cool, it's not respectful, it's harassment.Doesn't this require 'and' as it's a listing comma.

No. That is normal English. It isn't a list, it's two independent clauses joined with a comma followed by a contradictory clause. I am of the school that uses a comma to join two clauses

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