Dypet Rod
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You put good effort into this, but some of the observations you’ve made are not that accurate or important. For instance:
"Visualization alone, oftentimes, is not only very difficult in cases where one is very ill, but" Remove comma after "ill."
This may be so for shorter clauses, but the larger the amount of information in a clause that precedes “but”, the bigger the need for a comma, so there is nothing wrong here.
"Negative thoughtforms used in black magick and generated from the ill will, jealousy and/or anger of others attach to one’s aura and invite misfortune such as accidents, illnesses and so forth." The first "and" should be changed to "are." There should be a comma after "jealousy." There should be a comma after "illnesses."
The first “and” is actually correct. The words “used” and “generated” are both adjectives adding information to the same subject (negative thoughforms). This is all part of the subject, and the verbs that agree with it are “attach” and “invite”.
"This can be done every day, if one so desires." Remove comma after "day."
We don’t usually use a comma in sentences like this (with a subordinated clause at the end), but adding a comma is not necessarily wrong. Both ways are okay.
The use or omission of a comma is most crucial when it defines the relation that different clauses have with each other.
You raised many good points, though.