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Old 17-Dec-2007, 06:34
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Default Re: Grammatical relations

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Originally Posted by Anglika View Post
In this kind of writing, "and" is not necessary. It is a stylistic technique, building tension in the sentence.
Many thanks. For non-native speakers, this is always a problem, as we are taught that you have to use AND in this case.
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