I’d love to do it but can’t get away on a Wednesday with such short notice. Based in Bern, Switzerland. I’ve emailed you in the past (early pandemic) offering my services as boots on the ground for European events but never heard anything back. I even have a BA In Journalism that’s getting really dusty.
Looks like you missed a few courses on punctuation but what do I know.
I’d love to do it but can’t get away on a Wednesday with such short notice. Based in Bern, Switzerland. I’ve emailed you in the past (early pandemic) offering my services as boots on the ground for European events but never heard anything back. I even have a BA In Journalism that’s getting really dusty.
Looks like you missed a few courses on punctuation but what do I know.
The only thing I can see which you might be referring to is the 'but' clauses. It's a balance of dependent/independent clause thing. As I reduced the second clause after the 'but's in a less formal way (eliminate the subjects), those clauses can't stand alone. They've become dependent clauses, thus removing the need for a comma after the first (independent) clause. IMO, it's fairly common in message board text. The MA in Applied Linguistics taught me a thing or two about punctuation, more than you'll ever want to know;)