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Monday, October 15, 2018

Clauses and commas (translation class)

For the third time this week, our translation passage included examples where, in French, two independent clauses were separated by a comma. You cannot do this in English, but it takes time to digest this idea, it seems.

Here is an essential quiz:
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/exercises/grammar/grammar_tutorial/page_48.htm

The same website includes many quizzes which you may find useful, although they concentrate on the errors made by native speakers.

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