Timeline for Comma splice rule exception when listing things
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| Oct 14, 2015 at 15:20 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | In the answer given previously is 'Strunk & White notes that splices are sometimes acceptable when the clauses are short and alike in form, such as: The gate swung apart, the bridge fell, the portcullis was drawn up.' This is prose (though emphatic in style). 'Two independent clauses must not be joined by a comma' is a useful rule-of-thumb, but no more than that. Author Lynne Truss observes: "So many highly respected writers observe the splice comma that a rather unfair rule emerges on this one: only do it if you're famous." She cites Samuel Beckett, E. M. Forster, and Somerset Maugham. | |
| Oct 13, 2015 at 23:23 | comment | added | aswaaks | @ Edwin Ashworth. Some grammatical rules are flexible for lyrics and poetry. That is called 'Poetic license'. | |
| Oct 13, 2015 at 22:56 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | So 'I came, I saw, I conquered' is wrong? This has been answered here before, and more accurately. I'll wait before downvoting. | |
| Oct 13, 2015 at 22:52 | history | edited | aswaaks | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 13, 2015 at 22:41 | history | answered | aswaaks | CC BY-SA 3.0 |