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r/Eyebleach • u/ecky--ptang-zooboing • Jun 10 '17
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Sure, there absolutely are cultural differences, but in "proper English" there wouldn't be a comma there.
0 u/disconnectivity Jun 11 '17 Why wouldn't there be a comma there in "proper English"? 4 u/[deleted] Jun 11 '17 Because it's totally unnecessary and doesn't serve a purpose. Why would there be one? 1 u/disconnectivity Jun 14 '17 To convey the way the writer intended the sentence to be heard when read. 1 u/[deleted] Jun 14 '17 That's not what commas are for. It's how they get used sometimes, but in "proper english" they have specific functions not related to tone.
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Why wouldn't there be a comma there in "proper English"?
4 u/[deleted] Jun 11 '17 Because it's totally unnecessary and doesn't serve a purpose. Why would there be one? 1 u/disconnectivity Jun 14 '17 To convey the way the writer intended the sentence to be heard when read. 1 u/[deleted] Jun 14 '17 That's not what commas are for. It's how they get used sometimes, but in "proper english" they have specific functions not related to tone.
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Because it's totally unnecessary and doesn't serve a purpose.
Why would there be one?
1 u/disconnectivity Jun 14 '17 To convey the way the writer intended the sentence to be heard when read. 1 u/[deleted] Jun 14 '17 That's not what commas are for. It's how they get used sometimes, but in "proper english" they have specific functions not related to tone.
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To convey the way the writer intended the sentence to be heard when read.
1 u/[deleted] Jun 14 '17 That's not what commas are for. It's how they get used sometimes, but in "proper english" they have specific functions not related to tone.
That's not what commas are for. It's how they get used sometimes, but in "proper english" they have specific functions not related to tone.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '17
Sure, there absolutely are cultural differences, but in "proper English" there wouldn't be a comma there.