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A Confederacy of Dunces A Confederacy of Dunces was the last book I read. I bought the book because I had been told that it was an interestig book and I liked it more than I expected. It tells the story of Ignatius Reilly, a man in his thirties who still lives with his mother. Both characters are eccentric. Ignatius is very lazy and is worried about modern life. He has odd political ideas, like his suppor to divine right and he managed not to work. However, a car accident caused by his drunk mother force him to get a job. He starts to work for Levy Pants. Levy Pants is a textile factory in decline. He is fired and after that he get a job as hot dog buyer. I loved the book, because it has hilarious scenes. I find Ignatiut Reilly a very well described character, similar to Quijote.
Oct 17, 2013 5:09 AM
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A Confederacy of Dunces

 

A Confederacy of Dunces was the last book I read. I bought the book because I had been told that it was an interestig book and I liked it more than I expected.  (I read David's comments.  "More than I expected" sounds fine to me.)

 

It tells the story of Ignatius Reilly, a man in his thirties who still lives with his mother.

 

Both characters are eccentric. Ignatius is very lazy and is worried about modern life.

 

He has odd political ideas, like his support to of/for divine right, and he managed not to work.  (I offer support to someone, but I am a supporter of something.  For example, in support of the human rights movement, he lent support to the group which offers support for the protection of women's right to education in Pakistan.)

 

However, a car accident caused by his drunken mother forces him to get a job.  

(o, When his drunken mother is involved in a car accident, he is force to get a job.)

 

He starts to work for Levy Pants, which is . Levy Pants is a textile factory in decline. He is fired and after that he gets a job as hot dog buyer.


I loved the book because it has hilarious scenes. I find Ignatius Reilly a very well described character, similar to Quijote.

November 1, 2014

I loved the book, because it has hilarious scenes.

The comma precedes only the coordinating conjunctions (<em>and</em>, <em>or</em>, <em>but</em>, <em>for</em>, <em>nor</em>, <em>so</em>, <em>yet</em>; some people remember these by the two-word acronym <em>FAN</em> <em>BOYS</em> 'muchachos hinchas'). Commas don't accompany the subordinating conjunctions (<em>because</em>, <em>so that</em>, <em>since</em>, and many more). Entonces, "I loved the book because it has hilarious scenes."

November 11, 2013

I bought the book because I had been told that it was an interestig book and I liked it more than I expected.

Faltas solamente una coma después de la palabra <em>book</em>. The clause after <em>book</em> states its own subject, so even though the subject of the last part is the same as that of the first part (namely, <em>I</em>), the comma is necessary. Así: "an interesting book, and I liked it . . . ."

Options for the ending would be as follows:

". . . I liked it more than I expected." (your original choice, totally acceptable)

". . . I liked it more than I expected to." This sounds a tiny bit more complete to my ear (here, <em>to</em> takes the place of "to like it," from the more complete but also much longer ". . . I liked it more than I expected to like it," which is correct but unnecessarily cumbersome).

". . . I liked it more than I thought I would."

". . . I liked it more than I thought that I would.

 

Ignatius is very lazy and is worried about modern life. Here, there is no new clause for the verb following <em>and</em>, so you have correctly avoided any comma usage.

 

He has odd political ideas, like his suppor to divine right and he managed not to work.

I'm not absolutely certain about this, but I think you want to say that he believes in divine right and that he figures out a way to avoid working. If that's correct, it would be ". . . support for divine right, and he manages not to work." The comma is used because the final clause (beginning with the second <em>he</em>) states its own subject. Also, you've begun with the present tense ("He <em>has</em> . . ."), so that would be maintained for <em>manages</em>, también.

 

. . . drunk mother forces him to get a job.

He is fired and after that he gets a job as hot dog buyer.

November 11, 2013
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