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Quiz time: Long, complex sentences with lots of commas makes your writing: a. More sophisticated b. Harder to read #EverybodyNeedsAnEditor If you'd like to see more of these videos, go to: https://lnkd.in/gS8sAdx9
What about us folks who distain commas? Word is always suggesting them. Is Word right. Pls discuss when they are not obvious but needed. Thanks Jane.
You should store all these videos on a YouTube channel or a page somewhere. Good homework for my editing class
Jane, I love ya ! Great advice. I got sick on Martinis several years ago; it was not fun.
Oh no this is for me 🙈 I love commas.
I’m loving these lessons. :).
Thanks for posting
Commas are like martinis…brilliant!
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8moDepends. Long sentences—with lots of diversions and parenthetical explanations—are the way we talk and think. A big, complex sentence can work well—just as can a big, complex machine. The key is assembling it correctly and with care. And that's not easy. But it can happen, especially if one bears in mind a hierarchy of punctuation marks. (So, yeah: Lots of commas and nothing else? Bad. Length? Not necessarily bad.)