Commas, commas are important

Jan 11, 2017 4:53 PM

Gadonymous

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I spent 30 minutes trying to understand how Coca Cola could make such a grammar mistake (English is not my mother tongue).
And then it hit me ...

Multipack, can, not, to, be, sold, separately, comma, period.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Says it has vegetable extracts

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Grammatically speaking "can not to be sold" rang really wrong

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I read it as "can't to be sold"

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9 years ago (deleted Jan 11, 2017 5:09 PM) | Likes 0 Dislikes 0

It literally means the can

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Because you are seeing can as a verb while it is a noun. It was my initial mistake

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

But it's right tho the multipack can literally means the can

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Ugh... English !

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Nowhere in that sentence would a comma be correct

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Couldn't we use one after the can to ease the understanding ?

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Or after multipack. But he's correct in that adding a comma would be unnecessary in English grammar

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I don't see the mistake, but feel free to explain.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

can not to be...lol took me second to catch it

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Didn't realize that "multipack can" was the subject and not subject + verb

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It should be multipack can,

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I figured that's what OP was going for, but the way it's written can technically be correct.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

It is, it just sounds weird ..,

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