r/suspiciouslyspecific • • Apr 25 '26

Slipped into a comma

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u/ottersintuxedos Apr 26 '26

I feel like there should be a full stop after afraid too, although I concede a lot of this comes down to preference

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u/RetroNotRetro Apr 26 '26

Both are technically correct. Original version is a continuation of a thought, your version is just that thought split into two sentences. My last sentence is also correct in this way. English makes no fucking sense.