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[jasonlulu_2000]

This is from an article in Today's UK newspaper Daily Express:

DOGS were officially removed from the menu across China yesterday after decades of campaigning by a British charity.

But the ban may make the trade go underground such is the demand for cat and dog meat. Millions of cats and dogs are eaten each year in China, and some customers believe that the more brutal the death, the better the taste.

Is "such is the demand" here grammatically correct? I think it should be "But the ban may make the trade go undeground AS such is the demand for cat and dog meat".

Am I right?

Thanks!

Jason

 

[Rover_KE]

It's correct as is.

 

[GoesStation]

It needs a comma after "underground".

 

[jasonlulu_2000]

It needs a comma after "underground".

Thanks for your help!

But why is there no conjunction between the sentence " the ban may make the trade go underground" and "such is the demand"? I don't think a comma can act as the conjuncion.

Thanks!

Jason

 

[jutfrank]

What kind of explanation do you require?

No conjunction is necessary. A comma suffices.

 

[emsr2d2]

Thanks for your help?

Is that really a question?

 

[probus]

I fully concur with my colleagues that it's fine as is. But if it helps at all you could rewirite "such is the demand" as "so great is the demand "

 

[jasonlulu_2000]

What kind of explanation do you require?

No conjunction is necessary. A comma suffices.

So that means a sentence like "I have a son, he is a teacher. " is correct, doesn't it?

A comma suffices. That means we don't need to write :" I have a son and he is a teacher."

Is it right?

Jason

 

[jutfrank]

So that means a sentence like "I have a son, he is a teacher. " is correct, doesn't it?

A comma suffices. That means we don't need to write :" I have a son and he is a teacher."

Is it right?

No, that's not comparable. In your sentence above, the comma is incorrect. Because you have two independent clauses, you have to write them separately as two sentences or connect them with a coordinating conjunction (or appropriate punctuation).

With the sentence in question, this is not the case. The second clause is not independent from the first. There does not need to be a conjunction to show the logical relationship between them—a comma suffices.