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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

A comma after a subject

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, commonly referred to as simply Legends of the Dark Knight is a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_Comics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_book featuring http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman.

I'd like to know what role the comma before "commonly" plays.
Thank you in advance for your help.
  

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It serves a similar function to that of an opening bracket. There should be another one after the next Knight.

— Fivejedjon

  • It serves a similar function to that of an opening bracket.
  • There should be another one after the next Knight.
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It serves a similar function to that of an opening bracket. There should be another one after the next Knight.
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Thank you, fivejedjon, for your very helpful answer. Emotion: smile
Then, I'd like to know whether or not "opening bracket" is ungrammatical.
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I would not have used the expression if I had thought it was ungrammatical.
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Thank you, fivejedjon, for your continuing support. Emotion: smile
Then, I'd dearly love to know whether I may use "opening bracket"?
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Yes, I am not the only person who can use it.
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Thank you, fivejedjon, for your continuing to answer. Emotion: smile

There should be another one after the next Knight.
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Be cause I meant 'should' not 'may as well' A second comma is necessary, not optional.
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Thank you, fivejedjon, very much for your kindness. Emotion: smile

It serves a similar function to that of an opening bracket.
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park sang joon I'd like to know whether a pair of commas differs from "opening bracket."
Yes. A pair of commas is two commas: , .....,. An opening bracket is one bracket:
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