Optional@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 4 days agoNorth Carolina Republicans will redraw congressional maps to add seat for their partywww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1156arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1155arrow-down1external-linkNorth Carolina Republicans will redraw congressional maps to add seat for their partywww.theguardian.comOptional@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square17fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarechuckleslord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoThe second comma is in the wrong spot and it’s driving me mad
minus-squarefulcrummed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 days agoYeah. It’s not how I would have captioned it… but at least we know our youth was misspent well. *I should say, it’s not grammatically incorrect so much as not faithful to how the line was delivered (which may somehow be worse.)
minus-squarechuckleslord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoThe two commas create an aside. Removing the aside should maintain the sentence structure. Without the aside the sentence is “The cause of to all life’s problems”. So, it is grammatically incorrect.
minus-squaretomenzgg@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoMost sentences are written with no comprehension of asides and I am perennially mad about it.
The second comma is in the wrong spot and it’s driving me mad
Yeah. It’s not how I would have captioned it… but at least we know our youth was misspent well.
*I should say, it’s not grammatically incorrect so much as not faithful to how the line was delivered (which may somehow be worse.)
The two commas create an aside. Removing the aside should maintain the sentence structure. Without the aside the sentence is “The cause of to all life’s problems”. So, it is grammatically incorrect.
Most sentences are written with no comprehension of asides and I am perennially mad about it.