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Can you help me with grammar punctuation?

Hello! By any chance can anyone help me out because I'm not sure if I did any punctuation errors. I will really appreciate the help. Thanks!

We are born bounded into a society with customary establishments , regulated conducts; discriminatory principles, such as ageism, racism, and sexism; and biased managements, for we are born into a world of closed-minded individuals who are afraid of progression and change; however luckily, there are those few souls who are brave enough to be nonconformists like greasers, hippies, punks, and in this case, homosexuals that want a to be accepted as they are.

I'm trying to use "Super Commas," but I'm not sure if I used it correctly. I'm also not really sure about the word "luckily" right after "however." If you could help me thanks!

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If there are any other errors please point them out. Thanks!

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  • 1 decade ago
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    We are born bounded into a society with customary establishments, and regulated conducts; discriminatory principles, such as ageism, racism, and sexism; and biased managements, for we are born into a world of closed-minded individuals who are afraid of progress and change; however, luckily, there are those few souls who are brave enough to be nonconformists like greasers, hippies, punks, and in this case, homosexuals who want to be accepted as they are.

    Source(s): Hurray for the gays, I'm family, too :) Nice sentence, your use of the semicolon to create a list is valid, yet creates one HELL of a long sentence :) BUT, I love long sentences! Also, I fixed your problem with however, and changed a preposition or two I think. Anyway, take care!
  • Pat
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    1 decade ago

    We are born bounded into a society with customary establishments, regulated conducts, and discriminatory principles. Some examples of these are: ageism, racism, and sexism, and biased managements. Some people are closed-minded, or afraid of progression and change. There are some souls (or insert 'people' here) who are brave enough to be nonconformists. Some people choose to be nonconformists in various settings like culture, science, and politics. In the process, many of these individuals contributed greatly to society. Robert Johnson is regarded as a founder of The Blues. Isaac Newton helped create what we now know as physics and calculus. Nelson Mandella was imprisoned because he acted on his belief in racial equality in a location that had none in their political leadership.

    I have always known what you called super commas (;) has semicolon. This is a link to Webster's online dictionary for the definition. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/semicolo...

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