Driveby Journaling: Grammar Edition
Jan. 23rd, 2015 12:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
From Wikipedia (and attested by any good grammar book):
I do not write run-on sentences. I write long, complex sentences that Nabokov puts to shame.
As you were.
A run-on is a sentence in which two or more independent clauses (i.e., complete sentences) are joined without appropriate punctuation or conjunction.
I do not write run-on sentences. I write long, complex sentences that Nabokov puts to shame.
As you were.
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Date: 2015-01-23 09:18 pm (UTC)And yes, the semi-colon, double dash and parenthesis are my friends. :-)
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Date: 2015-01-23 09:22 pm (UTC):)
I love them all, so I held my tongue for a while, but...
Ah, what lovely friends! Thanks for the solidarity.
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Date: 2015-01-24 02:58 am (UTC)Sympathy, though. Everyone thinks they know more about grammar than they actually do, and yes, by "everyone", I also mean me.
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Date: 2015-01-24 03:07 am (UTC)Me too.