Sometimes I see incorrect interpretations, but I don't say anything because they are correct 99% of the time and wrong 1% of the time, and I am wrong 99%.
In an answer, Colin Fine wrote "It's perfectly grammatical, and reasonably natural."
Why is there a comma there like that? If we drop the obvious "it is" then we need to drop that comma too. Comma with a conjunction implies they are two independent clauses - but the latter isn't an independent clause. The latter does not have a subject.
I suppose etymology, or whatever that thing is, does spice things up a bit in a positive way.
I find the expression reasonably natural to be a little funny when considered literally.
@AIQ Btw, that wasn't a reference to anyone in particular, if that's what you were referring to. I realized the coincidence when I was typing it, but yeah.
And if that's not what you were referring to, it wasn't a reference to anything else either – not a deliberate one, that is.
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Is it correct if I say"They have their own house?" or does the variant "They have a house of their own" suit better from the point of view of grammar?And if both of the variants do exist, is their any difference in the meaning between these sentences? And if I change "have" into "live"(They live...
Is it correct if I say "They live in their own house?" or is "They live in a house of their own" the only correct variant in this case?(I mean grammar)
And will the correctness remain the same if I change" live" into "have"?(They have a house of their own/ They have their own house).
Is it correct if I say "They have their own house" or is the variant "They have a house of their own" the only correct in this case?And if I change "have" into "live"(they live in their own house/they live in a house of their own), will somwthing change from the point of view of grammar and "corr...
@userr2684291 But there is. I have seen this in many places. Perhaps, it's best to call them guidelines, as I have learnt here there are no rules in English
In dog example, I expect a list. “The dog is well trained, loyal, and good natured.” In the grammatical example, the comma doesn’t bother me. “It’s grammatical, and also (now that I think about it) idiomatic.”
I don’t really know the rules for commas though.
I tend to omit them unless they are necessary for the meaning, or I’m writing as I would speak it and want to introduce a pause.
We had, a user once, who would, include an exorbitant number, of commas, in their posts, and it, was truly, unreadable for me.
But on the other hand a lot of people argue that punctuation especially commas should reflect actual speech. If you were to read it out loud and have to pause for style or emphasis, you put a comma there.
This answer on ELU is interesting, but only tangentially related... it shows two passages from the same publication but over 100 years apart in time. The older one has a lot more punctuation...
I would venture to say, yes. (Just for the sake of completeness in this answer, I am considering the Victorian era to be from 1837 to 1901.)
In this article about the Oxford comma, which is another name for the serial comma, the author gives two examples showing punctuation from the same Britis...
@EddieKal I liked the advice to only worry about when you must use a comma instead of also worrying when the comma is optional
@ColleenVpartedways So is this thought process wrong: Since a comma is mandatory before a conjunction when it's joining two independent clauses, then the comma is unwarranted before a conjunction when it's joining an independent clause and a dependent clause.
I am getting to see some users playing their username with a woman called Monica, and I just would like to know if she is kind of a "The Nice" sketch in a comedians' sketch "The nice" = Denise.
Okay whoever she might be, who is she.
Thank you for your support^^.
I would venture to say, yes. (Just for the sake of completeness in this answer, I am considering the Victorian era to be from 1837 to 1901.)
In this article about the Oxford comma, which is another name for the serial comma, the author gives two examples showing punctuation from the same Britis...
I am getting to see some users playing their username with a woman called Monica, and I just would like to know if she is kind of a "The Nice" sketch in a comedians' sketch "The nice" = Denise.
Okay whoever she might be, who is she.
Thank you for your support^^.
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