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Linking, listing and nesting clauses

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Linking, listing and nesting clauses

Task C - listing clauses

Now take the same two sentences and join them together in a listing structure. Type your answer in the box and compare it with ours.

John kissed Mary Mary kissed John

Type the two sentences together as a linking structure in the box below and then compare your version with ours.

Our Answer

John kissed Mary, Mary kissed John.

Because the comma has the two listed clauses separated by less material than in linking (coordination), this leads to the idea textually of the second action following on very quickly from the first. Of course, if we had used more 'separating' punctuation devices (e.g. a colon or semi-colon) we have made the second action seem to follow a bit less quickly (and more deliberately?).


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