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3. The comma between your two independent clauses should be a semicolon.

Sat Jun 20, 2020, 03:28 PM

Jun 2020

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We are better than they are in every way, including grammar. [View all] Eliot Rosewater Jun 2020 OP

When making a post about grammar, Blecht Jun 2020 #1

Lol. cwydro Jun 2020 #16

Let's NRaleighLiberal Jun 2020 #2

Two independent clauses may be joined ... Laelth Jun 2020 #4

Yes, but there was no coordinating conjunction. Towlie Jun 2020 #5

Precisely. Laelth Jun 2020 #8

If you made a mistake about something I knew more about than you I would not Eliot Rosewater Jun 2020 #10

Don't be offended, my friend. Laelth Jun 2020 #14

We are better than they. Laelth Jun 2020 #25

We are better than THEY. Laelth Jun 2020 #6

God, you guys make me so proud. Aristus Jun 2020 #7

So let's be better than *they* in every way, including grammar. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #9

Thanks...fixed Eliot Rosewater Jun 2020 #11

Get a copy of "The Elements of Style" by Strunk & White. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #19

You were looking for the word "succumbed" as opposed to "submitted." Laelth Jun 2020 #12

Yes, I was, and you were looking for Eliot Rosewater Jun 2020 #13

That might have been more polite, yes. Laelth Jun 2020 #17

You're cracking me up here. cwydro Jun 2020 #18

"Let's eat grandma..." EarthFirst Jun 2020 #20

As my friend DFW has noted ... Laelth Jun 2020 #22

Your OP headline is a complete sentence. Laelth Jun 2020 #21

Ok. ClearSky24 Jun 2020 #23

This is your final warning Binkie The Clown Jun 2020 #24

My votes for the worst offenders DFW Jun 2020 #26