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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUh oh, grammar* fight on Twitter.
Now they done gone and did it.
*or is it punctuation?
Link to tweet
?s=21
ProfessorGAC
(65,013 posts)At least a ";" to separate two independent clauses.
USAFRetired_Liberal
(4,167 posts)Doc Sportello
(7,517 posts)My post came just after yours. And I agree. I probably would have used a semicolon but I tend to overuse them.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,326 posts)I probably would have used a semicolon; I tend to overuse them.
Doc Sportello
(7,517 posts)Well played! I thought about that and then thought 'oh heck enough with them for today'.
Irish_Dem
(47,026 posts)Doc Sportello
(7,517 posts)Renew Deal
(81,856 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,026 posts)Really funny one I think.
hlthe2b
(102,240 posts)That said, I'd go with David Corn's editing advice any day.
Irish_Dem
(47,026 posts)Grammar: The way we put words together to form meaning.
Punctuation: The symbols that enhance and add clarity to sentences.
Cuthbert Allgood
(4,921 posts)is called for because of the independent clauses on either side of the comma. If there weren't independent clauses (clearly a grammar concern), then the punctuation need changes.
Some punctuation is certainly independent of grammar and goes to clarity (Oxford comma debate), but some punctuation is needed because of grammar concerns.
underpants
(182,791 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,026 posts)The punctuation issue did not affect meaning, so I ruled out on grammar as the argument.
And yes the punctuation is incorrect because of the two independent clauses.
But a punctuation change did not affect meaning (grammar.)
However you are right in that sometimes punctuation really does change meaning.
underpants
(182,791 posts)are you?
Irish_Dem
(47,026 posts)I gave him a piece of my mind.
Stay tuned. It might get ugly here.
underpants
(182,791 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,026 posts)Those leave bruises.
taxi
(1,896 posts)Leith
(7,809 posts)Not an apostrophe in sight. Good on her.
marie999
(3,334 posts)Should have left out the comma.