vcolts
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- Dec 14, 2008
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- Korean
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- South Korea
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- Canada
Ex:
1. The reasons are that the crime was already commited and that the offender repented and that the victim is still suffering.
2. The reasons are that the crime was already commited, that the offender repented, and that the victim is still suffering.
*Notice the comma before the second that clause and also the omittion of the "and."
3. The reasons are that the crime was already commited, the offender repented about his crime, and the victim is still suffering due to the offense commited.
Q1: Are the above examples grammatically and punctuation wise correct?
The question in my head gramatically would be that do we treat the sentences (complete ones) as clauses and as "series of items?" If so, we can seperate these sentences which are complete sentences with commas even though normally we cannot (because they are clauses?)
Ex. The reasons are that the crime was already commited, (THAT) the offender repented about his crime, and (THAT) the victim is still suffering due to the offense commited.
Q2: If it is the case that we are omitting "THAT," is there a site that deals with the omission rule?
Thanks in advance.
1. The reasons are that the crime was already commited and that the offender repented and that the victim is still suffering.
2. The reasons are that the crime was already commited, that the offender repented, and that the victim is still suffering.
*Notice the comma before the second that clause and also the omittion of the "and."
3. The reasons are that the crime was already commited, the offender repented about his crime, and the victim is still suffering due to the offense commited.
Q1: Are the above examples grammatically and punctuation wise correct?
The question in my head gramatically would be that do we treat the sentences (complete ones) as clauses and as "series of items?" If so, we can seperate these sentences which are complete sentences with commas even though normally we cannot (because they are clauses?)
Ex. The reasons are that the crime was already commited, (THAT) the offender repented about his crime, and (THAT) the victim is still suffering due to the offense commited.
Q2: If it is the case that we are omitting "THAT," is there a site that deals with the omission rule?
Thanks in advance.
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