The working grammar relates to the four tenants, in a sense of mathematics--Cross-Curricular knowledge--being "related to mathematics" as Mr. Sitze put it; grammar within use of commas in clauses and phrases is fairly mathematical. This isn't a well-known fact, but it should be clearly known. English relates to lots of things: Drama, math, and even science.
I enjoyed your post about the mathematical nature of comma usage. I've always thought of comma usage as an equation and have tried to teach it that way. IC + CC+IC= , or DC+IC= , Comma usage is not random and follows the same order of operations as defined in many mathematical equations. The question then comes as to how to define incorrect comma usage, take for instance the comma splice, as a mathematical structure. Is the problem mainly that most writers overuse commas and don't understand the pattern of use? Do people even care to understand the patterns and equations in a digital world where auto-correct and squiggly lines are relied upon? In the complex world of English grammar where hard and fast rules are hard to come by, the mathematical nature of the comma and its 8 uses, presents order in a chaotic language.
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