Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

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Igor Ribeiro

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November 14, 2011

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Semicolon and omission of repetitive words

  • November 14, 2011, 10:36pm

I believe the confusion with the last sentence could be avoided by replacing the first comma by a full stop and removing the second comma completely, like this:

"You're our son. Heracles and we, your family."

Anyway, thanks for this. I'm an English learner and the post has been helpful :-D