From: A_Tina_Hall@kruemel.org   
      
   On 21.02.19, Capuchin   wrote:   
   > On 20 Feb 2019 "A. Tina Hall"  wrote:   
      
   >> Weird, the "purpose, life" belong together. Are you misreading life   
   >> for live?   
   >>   
   >> Oh well. I guess this'll remain a mystery. :)   
      
   > Ah! Now I see. I was taking the whole "after all those years . . ."   
   > as a clause set off by commas within the "He couldn't life."   
   > sentence, which didn't make sense. Had it been a colon instead of a   
   > comma, I'd have seen your meaning at once. (A comma is correct in   
   > this instance, it's just that I mistook the sentence structure.)   
      
   > I'm wondering if deleting the first comma would make it clearer.   
      
   My Steam friend didn't like this bit either, so now I've got:   
      
   --------   
   He couldn't anymore. After all these years without the few things that   
   gave his existence a purpose, life, the best he could do was not get in   
   the way.   
   --------   
      
   Plus some more words about what his purpose is.   
      
   I hope she and you like that better. :)   
      
   Thanks again for pointing out stuff that doesn't work!   
      
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