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True -- is there a better term for the comma usage illustrated in the two Jane Austen quotes?
by dctoedt 11y ago
True -- is there a better term for the comma usage illustrated in the two Jane Austen quotes?
- tedunangst 11y agoSuperfluous, stylistic commas. Or superfluous stylistic commas if you prefer. Commas are inserted seemingly at random by some authors to control the pacing of a sentence. It's not necessarily wrong. btw, "confessions of a comma queen" in the new yorker may be an interesting read.