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Apparently it is a stylistic choice to add a pause, acceptable in informal or rhetorical writing, though grammatically incorrect. Like: "I'm getting fed up of
by qwertox 2y ago
Apparently it is a stylistic choice to add a pause, acceptable in informal or rhetorical writing, though grammatically incorrect.
Like: "I'm getting fed up of making the rich... well, richer".
- pclmulqdq 2y agoThe problem with using this as an analogy is that the commas attach to the interjection "well," not to the words "rich" or "richer." Remove the "well" and you should remove all the punctuation around it. "I'm getting fed up of making the rich... richer" might be grammatically ok in informal text, but a comma is definitely wrong.
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- wahnfrieden 2y agoIt’s not wrong if it’s commonly used and commonly understood
- pc86 2y agoOf course it is. Doing a wrong thing a lot doesn't make it less wrong. Over time maybe its "wrongness" will change the way language naturally changes over time. But today, it's wrong.
- wahnfrieden 2y agoThat change has already occurred. What are you waiting for?
- nonethewiser 2y agoIts wrong