:''"The Syndeton Experiment" is a spinoff audio episode of the '' Blake's 7'' British science fiction television series'' Syndeton (from the Greek συνδετόν "bound together with") or syndetic coordination in grammar is a form of

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coordination Coordination may refer to: * Coordination (linguistics), a compound grammatical construction * Coordination complex, consisting of a central atom or ion and a surrounding array of bound molecules or ions * Coordination number or ligancy of a centr ...

of the elements of a sentence (conjuncts) with the help of a

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. In a simple syndeton, two conjuncts are joined by a conjunction: "I will have eggs and ham". In syndetic coordination with more than two conjuncts, the conjunction is placed between the two last conjuncts: "I will need bread, cheese and ham". The serial comma is not usually used in front of the conjunction between the last two items in British English, while

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generally suggests a comma: "I will need bread, cheese, and ham".

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{{Reflist Grammar Syntax pt:Oração sindética ou assindética

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