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Writing & Grammar: Answers to Last Week's Comma Challenge on Compound Sentences Versus Compound Predicates

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We could see the branches of all the trees in the woods surrounding the house whipping horizontally although the tree trunks were nearly invisible for the torrents of rain. We emerged into a leaf- and branch-bestrewn neighborhood after the storm had passed. Our fence was crushed by a fallen tree although our house and shed were spared.

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Are we tired of resilience?

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Introduced by Boris Cyrulnik, the concept of resilience states that it is possible to overcome a traumatic event, to draw strength from one’s misfortunes, and to “navigate through the torrents” (Boris C). To suffer and to heal one’s wounds, in order to heal more quickly. Waiting is not acting.

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