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CalifJim
#45793 Thu, 16 Sep 04 06:56 AM
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I should probably start a new thread on this, but it's a short question.
General question to all:
When it's a matter of where a comma goes (or not), is it correct to ask if a sentence is "grammatically correct"?
I always thought that a sentence was grammatically correct because of the words that made it up, so that grammatical correctness can be judged by the ear as well as in writing. I thought that punctuation was separate from grammar and, of course, only a written aspect of the language, and in the case of commas, say, the question would be "Is it punctuated correctly?", not "Is it grammatically correct?"
Does anyone have a strong opinion on this? I'd like to hear what the consensus is. Are commas, semicolons, and the like part of "grammar"?
Jim
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Mister Micawber
#45818 Thu, 16 Sep 04 11:06 AM
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Hmm... Are you trying to give me a headache, Jim?
To be honest, in my postings and discussions I have been using the words 'grammar/grammatical', 'syntax/syntactical' and 'structure/structural' to cover the whole range of items that are not semantic problems-- without much insight into their true boundaries; so, yes, I have been lumping punctuation in with grammar. Now I'll have to start worrying about that...
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