Inchoateknowledge Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
punctuation
are the following sentences correctly punctuated:
i go out on saturday nights, and, therefore, i am usually very hazy on sundays,
i go out on saturday nights; therefore, i am usually very hazy on sundays,
i go out on saturday nights. therefore, i am very....?
i like peter, while jane likes paul.
'while' is not a coordinator, and, as i percieve the use of comma when two independent clauses are joined by a conjunction word that is not a coordinator, in these cases comma is to be neglected.
an eye opener explanation and any punctuation error spotted would be very much appreciated; thx in advance.
inchoate knowledge
i go out on saturday nights, and, therefore, i am usually very hazy on sundays,
i go out on saturday nights; therefore, i am usually very hazy on sundays,
i go out on saturday nights. therefore, i am very....?
i like peter, while jane likes paul.
'while' is not a coordinator, and, as i percieve the use of comma when two independent clauses are joined by a conjunction word that is not a coordinator, in these cases comma is to be neglected.
an eye opener explanation and any punctuation error spotted would be very much appreciated; thx in advance.
inchoate knowledge
Top answer
For a start you need to give these a capital letter: Saturday, Sunday, Jane, Paul, I and the first letter in all sentences. Then all sentences need to end with a full stop (period). sentence 1 - I'd drop the first comma.
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For a start you need to give these a capital letter: Saturday, Sunday, Jane, Paul, I and the first letter in all sentences.
Then all sentences need to end with a full stop (period).
sentence 1 - I'd drop the first comma. sentence 2. I don't think you need both the semi-colon and the 'therefore'. If you take out the therefore it's ok. sentence 3. ok. sentence 4 I'd say no comma re
Then all sentences need to end with a full stop (period).
sentence 1 - I'd drop the first comma. sentence 2. I don't think you need both the semi-colon and the 'therefore'. If you take out the therefore it's ok. sentence 3. ok. sentence 4 I'd say no comma re
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i like peter while paula likes paul.
i like peter= s v o.
while = a subordinating conjunction (a conjunction that is not a coordinator)
paula likes paul= s v o
while paula likes paul= fragment
an ' independent clause+fragment' sentence does not require a comma, so 'i like peter while paula
likes paul' is a correct sentence.
i go out on saturday eve
i like peter= s v o.
while = a subordinating conjunction (a conjunction that is not a coordinator)
paula likes paul= s v o
while paula likes paul= fragment
an ' independent clause+fragment' sentence does not require a comma, so 'i like peter while paula
likes paul' is a correct sentence.
i go out on saturday eve
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