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To: nickcarraway
Nestle and its Crunch Bar, thought the word “Crunch” in the snack's name, would cause confusion.

What the hell are those commas doing in that sentence?

So-called "journalists" these days!

Regards,

2 posted on 01/29/2021 10:40:27 PM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: alexander_busek

An English teacher would say those are ‘comma splices’ and down grade the writer. Novelists use commas to emphasis, to cause a momentary break in the words of a character. In Journalism, the comma splice is a sign of a frustrated novelist who is not proficient in the journalism trade.


5 posted on 01/29/2021 11:00:09 PM PST by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: alexander_busek

It is a horrible sentence anyway. Who knew Crunch Bars could think?

;-)


11 posted on 01/30/2021 12:41:02 AM PST by Paul R. (You know your pullets are dumb if they don't recognize a half Whopper as food!)
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To: alexander_busek

“What the hell are those commas doing in that sentence”

The writer’s panting.


12 posted on 01/30/2021 1:30:38 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: alexander_busek

Am I so old that comma splices are now considered correct?


14 posted on 01/30/2021 1:42:18 AM PST by rhoda_penmark
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To: alexander_busek; MHGinTN; Paul R.

That that is is that that is not is not that that is is not that true

I have asked people to punctuate this since 1962 when I was a junior in high school.


16 posted on 01/30/2021 4:52:03 AM PST by Portcall24
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