Commas change meaning

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of

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commas can completely change what you're

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trying to say.

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What's going on here? Take a look at

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this.

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Let's walk Grandpa.

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It seems a bit like you're going to put

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Grandpa on a lead and walk him like a

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dog. Poor Grandpa.

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Add a comma before Grandpa and it

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becomes a suggestion.

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Let's walk, Grandpa. Did you hear that

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slight pause?

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It's more like, let's walk, not drive,

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Grandpa. In spoken language, it's

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important to pause slightly before

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Grandpa to make sure our meaning is

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clear. The second mistake was with

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fruits.

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The natural sweetness belongs to the

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fruit. So, we should have an apostrophe

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before the S to indicate a sort of

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possession. We could reword it as which

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enhances the natural sweetness of the

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fruit. Now, I have a really fun fact for

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you.

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Native speakers often incorrectly add

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apostrophes before a plural s.

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[clears throat]

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Look here.

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2 kilos with apostrophe s of apples with

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apostrophe s. New delivery

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of carrots. Another unnecessary

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apostrophe in