Infants delight in having an impact ...

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smartenglish

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I would like to know the difference in meaning between "1" and "2"?
1. Infants delight in having an impact and in creating change.
2. Infants delight in having an impact, in creating change.
 

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Re: and comma

Sentence one is about doing two things separately.

Sentence two is about doing/achieving two things together.
 

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Re: and comma

Generally, infants don't have the sort of aspirations you indicate. What are you calling an infant?
 

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Also answered here.

Please note that I have changed your thread title.

Extract from the Posting Guidelines:

'Thread titles should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.'
 
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