Are two predicates allowed in one sentence?

[羡鱼-Xianyu]

Chickens slaughtered in the United States, claim officials in Brussels, are not fit to grace European tables. No, say the Americans: our fowl are fine, (and) we simply clean them in a different way.

Hi, everybody!

Should I think the writer missed the red 'and'? Is it a typo or an acceptable omission? As we know, two predicates are not allowed in one sentence. Am I right? Thanks!

Xianyu

 

[Barb_D]

Hi,
Well, of course, two predicates are allowed as long as they are joined by a conjunction. But in this case, I think that rather than being a comma splice (the incorrect joining of two independent clauses with a comma), it's simply an abbreviated style. This isn't written as full prose, I believe.

In normal style, you would be correct. It's missing an "and" or the comma should be a semi-colon.

 

[konungursvia]

I read the comma as a quick colon ) meaning an explanation follows an assertion.