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Tag Archives: dependent clauses
The unclosed clause and other things about commas
The Baffler carried a fantastic critique of The New Yorker‘s use of commas by Kyle Paoletta on August 23. Excerpt: The magazine’s paper subscription slips have long carried a tagline: “The best writing, anywhere.” It follows that the source of … Continue reading
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Tagged comma, dependent clauses, Gopalkrishna Gandhi, grammar, James Salter, language, Mary Norris, Punctuation, semantics, Solar Bones, syntactics, The New Yorker
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