Tom’s reassurances are almost mystical: “Wherever they’s a fight so hungry people can eat, I’ll be there an’ when our folks eat the stuff they raise an’ live in the houses they build, I’ll be there.”
2007-09-07 07:35:22 · 5 answers · asked by Joseph N 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
It written this way for effect. It represents how the person actually speaks. It could be made politically correct (grammatically correct) with a semi-colon, but then it would lose its punch.
2007-09-07 08:36:55 · answer #1 · answered by kathy s 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It makes Tom sound ignorant. He would sound much better if that was two sentences. Put a period after "there." Start his next sentence with "When." That is how Winston Churchill spoke to sound like a leader.
2007-09-07 15:04:40 · answer #2 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't call it a run-on, especially since it's an informal quote of someone speaking in a colloquial style. Grammatically speaking, it's two sentences smushed together and connected with "and", here pronounced " an' ".
2007-09-07 15:15:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A bit; I'd put a semicolon in between "there" and "an'."
And it's spelled "sentence."
2007-09-07 14:43:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
what s a sentense?
2007-09-07 14:43:25 · answer #5 · answered by donald s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋