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Liveinjapan Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

a comma

0Hi, everyone. Can I omit a comma in the sentence below.02br
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01i00If you make a request using language that is too polite and too formal for the situation01font01b00,02b02font00 you run the risk of sounding insincere.02i02br
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00The original sentence doesn't have a comma at my text book . My understanding is this: If the subject doesn't change, you can leave comma out. But I have a doubt, because the whole sentence is too long.02br
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00Further more, we shouldn't drop 'a' before 'language', should we?02br
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00Thanks.02br
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0 Hi LiJ02br 02br 00I think the sentence is better with a comma. It makes the reader pause, and that helps him understand the sentence better. 02br 02br 02i 00I don't always observe this, though.

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  • 0 Hi LiJ02br 02br 00I think the sentence is better with a comma.
  • It makes the reader pause, and that helps him understand the sentence better.
  • 02br 02br 02i 00I don't always observe this, though.
  • 02br 02br 00Cheers02br 00CB010id1
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0 Hi LiJ02br
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00I think the sentence is better with a comma. It makes the reader pause, and that helps him understand the sentence better. Some people who consider themselves experts give this advice: Use a comma after a subordinate clause but not before it:02br
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01i00If I see him next week, I'll talk to him.02br
00I'll talk to h
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0 01i00If you make a request using language that is too polite and too formal for the situation01font01b00,02b02font00 you run the risk of sounding insincere.02i02br
00The original sentence doesn't have a comma at my text book . My understanding is this: If the subject doesn't change, you can leave comma
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1font00I think the sentence is easier to read with that comma, and is ok without it.02font02br
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01b01font00Just like the comma in this sentence. 05002font02b010id5
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0Thanks, Fleder, Philip, and CB.02br
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00I understand how to use a comma. 02br
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00Although all of your answers are very helpful to me, I'm a bit confused. The reason why an article can't be used is that in the same way we could say 'I can speak English', not 'a English', right?02br
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00Thanks.02br
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00Li
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10Thanks, Fleder, Philip, and CB.12br
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10I understand how to use a comma. 12br
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10Although all of your answers are very helpful to me, I'm a bit confused. The reason why an article can't be used is that in the same way we could say 'I can speak English'
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01cite10Liveinjapan12cite10Although all of your answers are very helpful to me, I'm a bit confused. The reason why an article can't be used is that in the same way we could say 'I can speak English', not 'a English', right?12br
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11font00You can say so. 05002font
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0Thank you all. I understand.02br
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