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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

A comma playing the role of "be"

Pat Quid is driving a semi across Australia. On the way he encounters various other travellers, and the occasional hitchhikers repeatedly as they're traveling the same road. A favorite pastime of Pat is to play games to pass the time on the journey. (Such as to make up backgrounds of the other people on the road.) Pamela is one hitchhiker he picks up. But when she disappears, he suspects that the driver of a van who has been acting a little strange, (Smith or Jones) maybe the serial killer mentioned on the radio. But his pursuit of the van driver brings him to the attention of the police, who begin to suspect him.

I'd like to know whether the comma after "strange" takes place of "is."
Thank you in advance for your help.
  

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park sang joonI'd like to know whether the comma after "strange" takes place of "is."
The passage is carelessly written and has several problems, so it is difficult to judge what was actually intended. Have you typed it accurately?
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YES!
I have copied and pasted the text of reviews on IMDB.
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park sang joonI have copied and pasted the text of reviews on IMDB.
It wouldn't be the first IMBD review that is carelessly written.
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Thank you Blue Jay for your valuable answer. Emotion: smile
I know a comma can take play of "and."
So, if there were not the comma, where
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The main verb in that sentence is suspects. The comma shouldn't be there at all. Ignore it.
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