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e.g. What I didn't know, and what she kept from me, was that her condition wasn't improving.
I don't understand the pause in the former sentence.
e.g. What I didn't know, and what she kept from me, was that her condition wasn't improving.
I don't understand the pause in the former sentence.
I don't understand the pause in the former sentence.
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有没有那两个逗号，原句意思不便，变得只是语气和着重部分。
多这两个逗号的原因可能有强调的作用，读的人看到逗号会下意识的停一下，通过让读者停下来达到强调的效果。
我在写东西时会加很多逗号
(´･_･`). （我标点盲来着）。因为，我喜欢，按照自己的口语习惯，写东西，
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Do you mean you don't understand what "what she kept from me" means or the grammar?
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There are two “ ， ”in this sentence, and I don't understand this.
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So:
1st fact:
I didn't know something
2nd fact:
She is hiding information from me
3rd fact:
What I don't know was that her condition wasn't improving.
Could be rewritten as:
I did not know, but the information that she hid from me was that her condition was not improving.
Fact 1 and fact 2 = fact 3
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有没有那两个逗号，原句意思不便，变得只是语气和着重部分。
多这两个逗号的原因可能有强调的作用，读的人看到逗号会下意识的停一下，通过让读者停下来达到强调的效果。
我在写东西时会加很多逗号
(´･_･`). （我标点盲来着）。因为，我喜欢，按照自己的口语习惯，写东西，
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希望我没猜错 ⊙ω⊙
还有就是，原句如果一个逗号没有“What I didn't know and what she kept from me was that her condition wasn't improving.”这么长的一句话，一口气读下来有点上气不接下气的节奏。这可能也是原因之一吧
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