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   Hi, Ardith Hinton!   
   I read your message from 26.06.2019 15:36   
      
    AH>> When she complained to my mother, my mother answered "How would   
    AH>> the doctor know if you were turning blue with that stuff on?" :-))   
      
      
    AH> In my previous message I neglected to say that when I added commas   
    AH> to your example & Mark's I was "going by the book". The above is a   
    AH> departure from standard procedure, but I've learned a few things   
    AH> since I attended school:   
      
    AH> 1) Although I wasn't happy when a USAian English professor   
    AH> criticized me for using "too many commas"... and I may err in the   
    AH> opposite direction now... I got the point. If I'd used commas as   
    AH> they're generally used in British English there would be three of   
    AH> them in my example, all serving different purposes. Once I became   
    AH> accustomed to the idea of rationing them I began to see how a   
    AH> forest of commas may hinder some readers more than it helps. By   
    AH> shortening the original sentence you made it unnecessary to   
    AH> prioritize them & determine which one(s) may be omitted without   
    AH> sacrificing clarity. Sometimes that's the quickest & easiest   
    AH> solution. OTOH I keep asking you about context, and thanks to Anton   
    AH> I have more to add there... [chuckle].   
      
   Yes, it was again unnecessary pulling out the mote out of thine eye. ;=) But I   
   like the way the Canadians play hockey. They shoot the puck on the opponent's   
   side and only after that think what to do next. ;-)   
      
    AH> 2) My mother was speaking to a person who was emotionally upset.   
    AH> I've found in certain situations that regardless of what the   
    AH> textbook authors advise us to do in order to make our writing more   
    AH> interesting there may be times When it's highly effective to start   
    AH> with a main clause & continue without pausing. In oral   
    AH> conversation, not everybody takes turns politely & with some folks   
    AH> it may be a bit of a challenge to get a word in edgewise. :-)   
      
   As for me, it seems to me that all my life I've never paid attention at comma   
   when I read text. ;)   
      
   Bye, Ardith!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
   english_tutor 2019   
      
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