Friday, April 24, 2015

coordination - How to parse "one..., the other..." ? Is it a coordinate sentence, which should have a conjunction?



One is Tom, the other is Tom, too.


One lives in a big town, the other lives in a small town.



I think the sentence above are coordinate clauses. They should have a conjunction. They should be:



One is Tom, and the other is Tom, too.



One lives in a big town, and (while) the other lives in a small town.



I wonder which version is right. Why?




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