"and then," or simply "then"?

["Michael West" <mbwest -at- bigpond -dot- com>]

From: "Chris Morton"


> *Click Gimfratz, and then click the display to add new locations.*

> In today's language, I think "and" is superfluous. What's your take?


In today's language, and yesterday's, "Click Gimfratz, then click the
display to add new locations" contains a grammatical error known variously
as a "comma splice" or "run-on sentence". It contains two independent
clauses, and two independent clauses should either be joined by a
conjunction, or separated by a semicolon or a period ("full stop" if you
prefer). "Then" is not a conjunction.

I suppose your question really is, "Does anybody today really care about
grammatical errors?" The answer is yes.
-- 
Mike West
Melbourne, Australia


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