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Akavall Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

A question about commas

1i00In 199501b00,02b00 the player won events such as Dormund, Linares, and Corus.02i02br
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001) Is the comma after 01i00199502i00 necessary, optional or wrong? 02br
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002) Would putting a comma after 01i00such as 02i00be necessary, optional or wrong?02br
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00Thanks in advance.0-
  

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0 01blockquote 01cite 10Akavall12cite 11i 10In 199511b 10,12b 10 the player won events such as Dormund, Linares, and Corus. 11b 10 11font 10Optional12font 12b 12br 12br 102) Would putting a comma after 11i 10such as 12i 10be necessary, optional or wrong? 12br 12blockquote 10 0-

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  • 0 01blockquote 01cite 10Akavall12cite 11i 10In 199511b 10,12b 10 the player won events such as Dormund, Linares, and Corus.
  • 11b 10 11font 10Optional12font 12b 12br 12br 102) Would putting a comma after 11i 10such as 12i 10be necessary, optional or wrong?
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01cite10Akavall12cite11i10In 199511b10,12b10 the player won events such as Dormund, Linares, and Corus. 12i11b11font12font12b12br
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101) Is the comma after 11i10199512i10 necessary, optional or wrong?1
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0Hi,02br
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00Many people, including me 05000, would also say the comma after Linares is unnecessary, or at least optional.02br
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00Best wishes, Clive010id1
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0Thank you for the replies, guys.02br
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10Many people, including me 15010, would also say the comma after Linares is unnecessary, or at least optional.12br
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10Do you think it would be better to take out the comma? From what I unde
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0Hi,02br
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01i01font00In 199501b00,02b00 the player won events such as Dormund, Linares, and Corus.02font02i02br
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01font00Do you think it would be better to take out the comma? From what I understand, the argument for using the comma after Linares is
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0 Clive,02br
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00This is where I got the idea from:02br
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  • 00A comma before the final 01i00and02i00, 01i00or02i00, or 01i00nor02i00 in a list of more than two things is called a 05100 or an Oxford comma: 01ul
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    0Hi again,02br
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    01font00This is where I got the idea from:02font02br
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  • 01font00A comma before the final 01i00and02i00, 01i00or02i00, or 01i00nor02i00 in a list of more than two things is called a 02font
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    0Hi01blockquote
    01cite10Clive12cite10Hi, 12br
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    11i11font10In 199511b10,12b10 the player won events such as Dormund, Linares, and Corus.12font12i12br
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    11font10Do you think it would be better to take out the
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    0Hi Clive I do agree with you but i need little clarification regarding the following 02br
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    00'He was friends with two American Presidents, Kennedy and Nixon'. Here, it's true that a comma after 'Kennedy' would completely change the meaning.02br
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    00I do agree now consider the folllowing02br
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    00'He was friends with two Americ
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    0Hi,02br
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    01font00consider the folllowing02font02br
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    01font00'He was friends with two American Presidents, Kennedy, Nixon, & a British Prime ministre Tony Bliar.02font02br
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    01font00Is the above sentence structure is right?0
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    0No I didnt mean to say he was friends with five but indeed my sentence sounds like that because of improper punctuation marks02br
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    00How is the following sentence02br
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    00He was friends with two American Presidents Kennedy and Nixon, and a British Prime minister, Tony Blair02br
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    00Now is it proper I want to say he is friend
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