grammar

In defense of the misunderstood, overly-hated, and elegantly useful comma

By: Maya Barillas Mohan, Staff Writer Dear TA, I am writing to you in response to my recent feedback, though I am also speaking in defense of myself, and other like-minded students, to advocate for elongated sentences which exceed traditional boundaries of a single idea, because that’s how revolutionary some of my thoughts truly are. My long sentences are not a lack of respect for convention, but rather proof of an artistic and stylistic identity I seek to develop through my early academic career, as I hope to pilot a new style of fluid, poetically-oriented prose.  Further, in effort to…

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