04-17-2013, 07:25 PM
(04-17-2013, 07:16 PM)milo Wrote:(04-17-2013, 07:10 PM)rayheinrich Wrote:it would be if there was no "internal punctuation".(04-17-2013, 07:08 PM)milo Wrote: that is #2Nope: #4
(that's the comma btw)
If you don't like my #4, you could always change your #1 from:
"1. to join 2 independent connected clauses without a conjunction."
to:
"1. to join 2 independent connected clauses with or without a conjunction."
which would then include the conjunction "as a matter of fact"
and obviate the need for #4.
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